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Your regex.
Your text stays here.

Test Foundation/ICU patterns, inspect capture groups and preview replacements. Everything runs on your device.

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a8s Regex: highlighting and replacement on Mac

From text to results

Find. Check.
Replace.

Three practical examples to copy into the app. Each guide includes the pattern, sample text and expected output.

01

Live highlighting

See each match in context as you edit your expression.

02

Capture groups

Inspect captured values and positions, then use $1 and $2 in a replacement.

03

History and exports

Keep your patterns in favorites and export results as JSON or CSV.

FOUNDATION · ICU

A native tool.
Across your Apple devices.

Work on Mac, with the same core tools on iPhone and iPad. History is local to each device; it does not sync automatically.

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a8s Regex · iPhone

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Your text stays
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Patterns, sample text and results are processed locally. No account, advertising or tracking in the app.

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Which regex engine does it use?+

NSRegularExpression, Apple’s Foundation/ICU engine. This is not the Swift Regex engine. Syntax may differ from JavaScript, Python or PCRE.