Regular Expression Builder Options

Pattern generation method Description
Match literal text Generates a regular expression that exactly matches the selected text.
Match text pattern Generates a regular expression that matches the pattern of the selected text.
Pattern generation option Description
Case sensitivity

The following options are available:

  • Do not add case sensitivity prefix

  • Generate a case insensitive pattern (prefixes the generated pattern with (?i))

  • Generate a case sensitive pattern (prefixes the generated pattern with (?-i))

Add word boundaries to the pattern Surrounds the expression with word boundaries (/b).
Mark all white space as optional Marks all white space as optional (*).
Mark all punctuation as optional Marks all punctuation as optional (?).