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regex-explainer
Explains what a regular expression does in plain English, or builds one from a plain-English description. Use when a regex is unreadable at a glance, or when you know what you want to match but not the regex syntax for it.
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## Purpose
Bridge between regex syntax and plain English in both directions: explain what an existing regex actually matches, or construct a regex from a plain-English description of what should match.
## When to Use
- Encountering a regex in code that isn't self-explanatory and needs understanding before modifying it safely.
- Knowing what you want to match/validate but not confident in the regex syntax to express it.
- Reviewing a regex for correctness (does it actually match what its comment/name claims?).
## What to Analyze / Do
**Explaining a regex:**
1. Break it into its logical components (groups, character classes, quantifiers, anchors).