Regex Search Expert

Regex Search, replace and save

Regex Search Expert - Powerful Regex Tool

"Regex Search Expert" is a powerful Android application designed for searching and replacing text using regular expressions across multiple files. It serves as a regex tester, allowing users to input text and match it against patterns seamlessly. With features like regional search, capture group filtering, and auto-matching while typing, the app enhances productivity. Users can save regex patterns for future use, navigate efficiently with tabs, and access a built-in cheat sheet for quick reference on regex syntax.

App stats

Users: 1,460
13
Version: 1.8 (Last updated: 2024-09-04)
Creation date: 2021-05-09
Permissions
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Other:
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

Regex Expert searcher is an app that use regular expressions to search across multiple text files. Can also be used as a regex tester, where you input some text and match against a pattern. This file searcher app also allows one to replace found matches in all files with a replacement text and save them in new files. RegEx searcher uses Java and JavaScript engine to perform search. Navigation is efficient in this file searcher app as one needs just to swipe in order to move to next or previous tab. It also has a unique feature called regional search with enables one to select only a potion of the text in file that is to be searched using regular expressions. It is also possible to filter some specific capture groups from being visible in the matches and also in replacement. Reg Ex search also enables one to save patterns for future use. Enable auto search to match regular expressions while you type. Regex search app for android also has a cheat sheet to look down metacharacters, modifiers and quantifiers.

Usage
As regex tester
- After opening app, enter some sample text in the text input box then enter some pattern in the search box then click search floating button
As a multi file search
- Open app, then open menu , click file, select a file, repeat the same to select other files, then enter your pattern in regex box then click search floating icon to search in all files

Outline of features
- Multi tab
- Regional search
- Filter capture groups
- Set matches limit
- Swipe to switch tabs
- Floating search button
- Save regex patterns
- Auto match while typing
- Literal search
- Regex tester
- Regex cheatsheet
- Search limit
- Search offset

User reviews

Very functional app, with a more modern design than competing apps on Google Play. I just wish it had a real-time "replace" view to see the output without having to make a manual "replace" every time.
by Philippe Choquette, 2024-09-26

A bit buggy UI (crashes, ignored taps, etc.) but gets the job done if you remember how to bot break it
by Jakub Wojnowski, 2024-08-10

Does it even work?
by Jason Hang, 2021-12-09
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