Pattern Finder
Inspect text quality, limits, and structure with faster feedback.
Leave the pattern blank to scan for common formats like emails, URLs, dates, and numbers, or enter your own regex to inspect exact match positions.
Source text or content to inspect
Tip: leave the pattern blank for auto-detection, or add a regex to inspect exact matches and positions.
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How to Use the Pattern Finder
Follow these steps to use the pattern finder quickly and get the right result.
Paste Your Text
Paste your text into the input.
Enter the Pattern
Enter a word, phrase, or regex pattern to search for.
Step 3
All matches are listed with their positions and context.
Learn when to use the Pattern Finder and how to get better results.
Quick guidance, practical use cases, and answers to the most common questions users have about this tool.
About the Pattern Finder
Search for all occurrences of a word, phrase, or regular expression pattern in your text and list every match with its position. More powerful than a basic search — supports regex with capture groups for complex pattern matching.
How to Use the Pattern Finder
- 1Paste your text into the input.
- 2Enter a word, phrase, or regex pattern to search for.
- 3All matches are listed with their positions and context.
Common Use Cases
- +Extract all email addresses from a document
- +Find all instances of a specific pattern in a log file
- +Count how many times a term appears in text
- +Locate all dates, phone numbers, or codes in a document
Why This Tool Helps
Use it to clean up repetitive text work faster, avoid formatting mistakes, and get a result you can copy straight into your next document, app, or workflow.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it support regex?
Yes — you can use any JavaScript regex pattern. For plain text search, just type the word or phrase directly.
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