Regex Match Tracer

RegExLab had a clear goal in mind when creating Regex Match Tracer: come up with a tool that would prove to be handy when it comes to writing, testing, and debugging regular expression patterns. I am glad to say that this goal has been reached – the feature rich Regex Match Tracer displays regex as a tree structure, highlights text, and handles complex and long patterns quite well.

Download a small archive (less than 1MB in size), extract and run the executable inside, follow the onscreen instructions presented by a setup wizard – these are the simple steps you must go through should you decide to get Regex Match Tracer and give it a try.

There are several panes on the application’s interface: input regular expression, input text to be matched, regex tree view, text clip, and more. The number of panes you see depends on the mode you select – you can choose between Match Mode (meant to test common finding and matching) and Replace Mode (features two more edit boxes). It also depends on the items you choose to see – you can pick and choose from the View Menu.

A regex tutorial that presents regex concepts from simple to complex ones is available on the official RegExLab website. Being familiar with regex is crucial to you being able to take advantage of the functionality Regex Match Tracer has to offer. Once you’ve familiarized yourself with regular expressions, you can use Regex Match Tracer to compose and test regex. You will be able to do this for as long as you want because Regex Match Tracer is a free application.

Regex Match Tracer is a great tool for testing anything from simple to complex regex.