If you are into PHP or other programming languages, you may need to write regular expressions very often. It may be tedious to run the whole program to check whether the regular expression you wrote is correct or not. So, if you have some sample string where you can find your desired regular expression match, EditPad Pro can be a very handy tool to check your regular expressions. Only you need to write or pase your search string ( where to find regex match) and your regular expression and search for Regular Expression match if any in given search string. You can also click on “Highlight” button and see if regular expression that you are writing matches any substring in search string at real time.
The screen shot is shown below. Evaluation version is free.
The regular expression mentioned in the picture searches for the url link from <a> tags.
There is also another tool from same vendor called RegexMagic, but it may not be much handy as you have to learn how to use that tool.
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