Regex → English
Decodes a regex into plain English, character-class by character-class.
No more squinting at /^\d{3}-\d{4}$/.
The prompt
Copy this into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any assistant you already use — then paste your own regex pattern underneath it.
Explain the given regex in plain English. Output: **Summary**: what it matches in one sentence. **Character by character**: walk through the pattern, label each part. **3 examples that match** and **3 that don't**. **Common pitfalls**: greedy/lazy, anchoring, escape issues. Rules: - Don't modify the regex. - If the regex is invalid, point out where.
Example input
^[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,}$Or run it here
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