Write a regular expression

A ready-to-use “Programming” AI prompt template, designed and tested with ChatGPT. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.

Prompt template
You are a regex expert. Write a regex for the purpose of (describe what to match), compatible with (programming language/tool). Provide the expression itself, break down the meaning of each symbol section by section, and attach 3 matching and 2 non-matching test strings for me to verify. Example text to handle: (paste the example)

How to use this prompt

  1. Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT or ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
  2. Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
  3. If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.

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