RegEx Lab: Regular Expressions1.16.2 - App Store

RegEx Lab - test regular expressions

. Highlighting of regex syntax and of matches and capture groups.
. Choose the color of the match highlights
. Results List View which lists all the matches and capture groups.
. Replace feature
. Dark theme (by default) based on the Solarized color palette
. Themes to choose from (light/dark)
. A handy cheatsheet which tells you about the different operators, option flags and metacharacters.
. An extra row of keyboard keys for common special characters
. Undo / Redo quick access buttons
. Support for Dynamic Type (iOS Settings Text Size)
. Export / Import feature

Questions, suggestions, issues?
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Made by Nikolay Suvandzhiev

Version History • Fixed an issue when scrolling large amounts of text and the scroll position might end up inaccurate. Thanks to the user who reported this and provided steps and sample text to reproduce. 1.16.2 12/06/2024 • Fixed an issue when scrolling large amounts of text and the scroll position might end up inaccurate. Thanks to the user who reported this and provided steps and sample text to reproduce. 1.16.1 11/11/2024 • A big change to how text highlight logic works. It should not provide much better performance and reliability.
• Capture group coloring used to start with red, which was too harsh, it is now moved towards the end of the list of colors.
• Removed the "Created" message which appears on screen when a new regex is added.
• Added a "Select all" button for the test text.
• Fixed an issue where some text fields would be too "smart" and change characters such as `...` to `…` or `"` to `“`.
• Removed old third-party frameworks and switched to native code, which makes the app size smaller and improves performance. 1.16.0 04/03/2023 • This is just a maintenance release which updates/replaces some of the third-party frameworks used in the app (for example the UI framework used to display alert messages) 1.15.1 04/03/2022 • The export / import feature now also includes the "replacement text" if there is any
• The additional buttons now of the keyboard now also has a "Select all" quick shortcut for the test text field 1.15.0 11/08/2021 • When using the "previous / next" match function, the current match is now indicated as a label, e.g. "Match 2 of 8"
• Fixed a bug which caused test text highlights (match background, capture group underlining and current match background) to be applied incorrectly, causing missing or misaligned highlights. Thanks to the user who reported this issue.
• In the Results lists screen, if there is a selected match, when arriving to the screen the list scrolls to it much quicker 1.14.0 08/12/2021 • Small tweak to the "Previous" / "Next" match buttons so that they're disabled if there are no results 1.13.0 08/09/2021 • New feature - Previous / Next match - in the Editor you now have a 'Previous' and 'Next' match buttons which highlight the selected match.

Also in recent updates:
• You can sort the regular expressions list by name, date created or date last modified 1.12.0 07/15/2021 • The sorting feature now also allows sorting by "Last modified".
• The Import screen now has a "Done typing" button to dismiss the keyboard. 1.11.0 07/03/2021 • Sorting: By popular demand - Sorting is now here! Until now the regexes were always sorted by the time they were created, with the newest ones appearing on top of the list. Now you can choose the direction of sorting (newest to oldest vs oldest newest) and also sort by name (A-Z or Z-A). Thanks to the user who suggested this feature! (works on iOS 14.0 or later)

Also in recent updates:
• There's a "Share" button (under regex options) so you can quickly share your regex (along with any flags, test text and replacement text).
• You can change the colors of the match highlight (works on iOS 14.0 or later). Try it out under Settings > Themes > Regex Theme. 1.10.0 06/17/2021 • Duplicating a regex now also copies over the "replace text" field

Also in recent updates:
• There's now a "Share" button (under regex options) so you can quickly share your regex (along with any flags, test text and replacement text).
• You can change the colors of the match highlight (works on iOS 14.0 or later). Try it out under Settings > Themes > Regex Theme.

If you like RegEx Lab, please take a moment to rate or review - thanks! 1.9.1 05/18/2021 • There's now a "Share" button (under regex options) so you can quickly share your regex (along with any flags, test text and replacement text). Thanks to the user who suggested this feature.

Also in recent updates:
• By popular demand - now you can change the colors of the match highlight (works on iOS 14.0 or later). Try it out under Settings > Themes > Regex Theme.

If you like RegEx Lab, please take a moment to rate or review - thanks! 1.9.0 04/26/2021 By popular demand - now you can change the colors of the match highlight (works on iOS 14.0 or later). Try it out under Settings > Themes > Regex Theme.

If you like RegEx Lab, please take a moment to rate or review - thanks! 1.8.0 11/01/2020 • If the app is closed by iOS in the background, the text you've typed is saved (it used to be lost). Thanks to the user who suggested this improvement.

If you like RegEx Lab, please take a moment to rate or review - thanks! 1.7.1 09/12/2020 > > New feature
• RegEx Lab now supports Dynamic Type - the Text Size you choose under iOS Settings > Display & Brightness > Text Size, or in the Accessibility Settings. The older "Text Size" preference from inside the app is gone - with this new approach you can choose much larger text sizes.

> > New feature
• You can now export / import all your regular expressions. This could be useful as a backup or if you're moving to a new device.
If you like RegEx Lab, please take a moment to rate or review - thanks! 1.7.0 03/26/2020 > > New feature