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Patterns - The Regex App 4+
Nikolai Krill
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- $4.99
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Description
Patterns is the ultimate tool for working with regular expressions. Build great patterns quickly and effortlessly with regex syntax highlighting, live match view, replace mode, built-in quick reference, and much more. Whether you're new to regex and ready to learn, or a seasoned regex wizard looking to save valuable time, Patterns is the tool for the job.
FEATURES:
- Regular expression syntax highlighting makes it easy to see how your pattern is interpreted by the regex engine. No more confusion about what needs to be escaped.
- The Matches view lets you inspect all matches and captured text produced by your regex, alongside your search text. Clicking on a match or group highlights both the matched search text and the specific portion of your regex that produced the match or capture.
- See matches, replacements, and filter results in real time while you edit your pattern.
- Use the Copy Code feature to quickly export your pattern for use in a number of different programming languages.
- The built-in regular expression quick reference sheet helps you learn and expand your knowledge of regex syntax.
- Customize the regex engine for different regex "flavors". Supported flavors are: Oniguruma, POSIX Basic (BRE), POSIX Extended (ERE), Perl (PCRE), emacs, Java, Ruby, bash, grep, and sed.
What’s New
Version 1.3
- Native support for Apple Silicon
- Ability to quickly select and deselect different capture groups for copying of matched text
- Bug fixes and general improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Must have in your toolkit
Regex can save you hours of laborious work, but regex is not for the faint-hearted. This tool gives you a friendly interface to work with and takes the pain out of understanding pattern matching.
Really nice app, would be better if it was possible to save patterns for quick reference
This is nice, well-crafted app that is a must-have in a dev's toolbox. The feature set is quite comprehensive, it's fantastic that you can pick different flavours and view your results in different contexts.
One thing I'm really missing though is the ability to save a pattern I previously looked up - it's something that would be really handy for quick reference and reuse. Would love to give this five stars if this were added.
Great update!
The latest update to 1.2 (should be a 2.0) makes this app much more useful. It now ticks all the boxes I had for it and was missing in previous versions.
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Information
- Seller
- Nikolai Krill
- Size
- 1.1 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.7 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Nikolai Krill
- Price
- $4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.