RegExRX App Reviews

Im looking for a regex utility that helps me identify so-called "catastrophic backtracking" situations. Could this help?

This is a really useful utility, especially if you cant remember all of the regex syntax. The replace pane is something that I didnt think Id need because I would just pump my regexs into sed but using this pane I can completely avoid that step. Highly recommended.

This application has been helpful for me as a Regular Expresion novis. I primarly use it to create & adjust RexEx, copy the output as PHP code, and select the portions I want in my application. Its definatly worth the $4.99 as it has saved me many hours useing the online RegEx tools. I second the statment from the previous commenter… I would prefer this application be writen in cocoa.

Ive purchased other RegEx apps like Patterns.app and I find RegExRX to be significantly better in several ways. One of my favorites is the template search patterns which help me avoid creating a lot of hard-to-find typos in my patterns, and remind me what the syntax is for some obscure option that I rarely use. Im now writing a lot more RexEx because RegExRX has made it so much easier. There are a few UI hickups when the source text is really long but they are minor and dont really get in the way too much, overall a very usefull application that I use almost daily!

Almost all regex apps follow the same search pattern + sources + matches flow. RegExRx does the same. What makes this app unique is the little features that save alot of time. The quick menu of popular search patterns. The ability to copy and paste strings optimized for php functions (preg_match, etc). The character chart for grabbing the right escaped character code. Absolutely essential.

Convenient for learning and testing regex.

RegExRx is awesome! I program all day, every day and not having to guess at regular expressions is one less thing to worry about...

Quick painless way to knock thru RegEx patterns. Started even using it to solve for the lack fo RegEx in the Mac version of Excel. Even lets you export your Match list to other formats which was a big win in my workflow.

I am learning Regex and this has been one of the greatest tools I have found so far! Thanks!

Everything is excellent, recognizes Python flavors, but can’t copy to Python code

I use RegExRx every time I need to build and test ANY regular expression. It allows me to develop complex search/replace functions by easily allowing me to build/test patterns. Every developer and Linux administrators should have this!

great software does one thing and does it well. this is a good example. I’ve made some simple and some extremely complex regex matches, and this tool makes it simple to test diffrent scenarios quickly to make sure i’m thinking of all the possibilities.

I tried online tools, i downloaded and tried a couple of competitors from the app store but this is the tool I use to help me develop, refine and debug RegExs. It is focused on helping you get the job done without trying to be cute or flashy. Features I like : • accuracy, if it works in RegEx it has always worked the same way in my Perl script • color coding in the match expression it makes it more readable. • ability to paste in large ammonts of source text. • ability to save out the pattern & source text you are working on so you can return to them later. • colour coded match list which shows what will end up in your $1. $2 etc capture groups. • click on match takes you to the match in the source text • clean drop down for syntax hints What doesnt it do It doesnt show invisible characters in the source text - at least if it does I havent been able to work out how.

When cleaning up third party texts, I sometimes have to write new regex patterns. This is where I turn to make sure they are going to work. Recently I needed to set up some lookarounds to fix some italicized text that did not include italicized leading and trailing punctuation. RegExRX had it going within minutes.

Better than online. You can easily save your expressions as files right next to your projects. Fast. Supports a TON of formats. A great value!!

I love this app and can rate it as Best RegExp App for Mac. I cannot imagine my RegExp work for scrips on day-to-day without this app. I recommend this app one 100% for any one who is looking for best RegExp app for Mac OS x. Always the best App for RegExp….

I tried a number of other tools both free and paid for, and I have settled on this one. Simple and clean interface so far it does exactly what I need for it to do.

I use this for Perl regex. I find this very useful for creating my regexs for automation.

This is a great application, the UI is definitely not up to par with the usual software you’ll find on the Mac but it get’s the job done. #dontletdeveloperscreateui One killer feature I’d like to see: When you click a match in the match list, it would be amazing if it highlighted the part of the RegEx that was responsible for that match.

I’ve tried several regex tools, and this one is the best I’ve tried. It supports both searching and replacing, showing the found source text, the regex matches, and the replaced text results. The syntax coloring of the regex is very helpful, as is the coloring of the source, and matched text. I also like the search time, to help improve search performance. Many tools have some or the other of the above, but not all.