Hour of Regex

Learn the basics of Regex in an hour or less.

Hour of Regex provides interactive lessons on basic regular expression syntax.

Inspired by apps that get people to start coding, Hour of Regex is a great place for you to get started with regex!

Available in across many languages (Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, C etc.) regular expressions are an essential tool for any programmer's toolkit.

Sample regex use-cases for a programmer:

- email/URL verification

- text processing

- compatible with many command line tools and editors

(Ex. grep, sed, vim)

Sample regex use-cases for a non-programmer:

- searching for expressions in a text editor

(Ex. Sublime Text, Notepad++, Microsoft Word)

- bioinformatics

(Ex. Searching for a gene or motif across many genomes)