Twitter/X Handle Regex Pattern

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Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /@([a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,15})\b/g;
const test = "@elonmusk";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'@([a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,15})\b'
test = "@elonmusk"
match = re.findall(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`@([a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,15})\b`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("@elonmusk")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the Twitter/X Handle Regex

Matches Twitter/X handles with @ prefix and 1-15 alphanumeric characters or underscores.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The twitter/x handle pattern is classified as beginner difficulty in the web & html category. It works in all major programming languages.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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