Regex Query Builder

Question

Hi, I am a C# developer, I have been looking at regular expressions (regex) and wanted to know if anyone knows about useful tools for building regular expressions - like a regex query builder?

Answer 1

Have a look at

• Expresso 3.0
• Regular Expression Builder
• RegEx Builder 2.0.0.0

You should be able to find a lot more for your validation

c# regex builder

Answer 2

Also worthy of mention are Regex Buddy and Regex Magic - the latter being ideal if you really want to hide from the pain. :-)

Answer 3

Check regexlib.com if you want an online option.

Answer 4

I think, greatest regex editor is gskinner. It provides a lot of extremely useful options. At least for my cases.

Also it has dictionary about majority of regex expressions and has beatiful tips, when the pointer is hovering above the snippet of your regex.

I found it the most appropriate regex editor.

Answer 5

And there is also the "headache relief for programmers :: regular expression generator", http://txt2re.com/

Answer 6

Emacs has an re-builder that's quite useful (if you're an Emacs user).

Answer 7

A good online tester that I regularly use is Derek Slagers: link. It doesn't have fancy highlighting and other features, but it does help a lot with developing/testing.

Answer 8

RegexHelper is a Notepad++ plugin that lets you test regular expressions against open documents.

Answer 9

Regular Expression Designer My favorite free alternative.