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URL > IPv6 (RFC 2732) v2
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Matches a valid IPv6 address.
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/^(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){5}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:)?[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){4}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,2}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){3}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,3}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){2}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,4}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){6}(?:(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\d)|(?:1\d{2})|(?:\d{1,2}))\.){3}(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\d)|(?:1\d{2})|(?:\d{1,2})))|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,5}:(?:(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\d)|(?:1\d{2})|(?:\d{1,2}))\.){3}(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\d)|(?:1\d{2})|(?:\d{1,2})))|(?:::(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,5}(?:(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\d)|(?:1\d{2})|(?:\d{1,2}))\.){3}(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\d)|(?:1\d{2})|(?:\d{1,2})))|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}::(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,5}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:::(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,6}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){1,7}:))$/
'/^(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){5}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:)?[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){4}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,2}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){3}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,3}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){2}:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,4}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){6}(?:(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\\d)|(?:1\\d{2})|(?:\\d{1,2}))\\.){3}(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\\d)|(?:1\\d{2})|(?:\\d{1,2})))|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,5}:(?:(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\\d)|(?:1\\d{2})|(?:\\d{1,2}))\\.){3}(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\\d)|(?:1\\d{2})|(?:\\d{1,2})))|(?:::(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,5}(?:(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\\d)|(?:1\\d{2})|(?:\\d{1,2}))\\.){3}(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4]\\d)|(?:1\\d{2})|(?:\\d{1,2})))|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}::(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,5}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:::(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){0,6}[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4})|(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}:){1,7}:))$/'
See Also
URL > IPv6 (RFC 2732) v1
Sample Matches
Text
Result
::
Group #0
::
match
::00:192.168.10.184
Group #0
::00:192.168.10.184
match
::1
Group #0
::1
match
ae34:ae:fe:12:51:5af:bcde:123
Group #0
ae34:ae:fe:12:51:5af:bcde:123
match
fe80::219:7eff:fe46:6c42
Group #0
fe80::219:7eff:fe46:6c42
match
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(current)
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