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IP Address Regex

Regex for validating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Handles all valid formats with proper range checking.

^((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1\d|[1-9]|)\d)\.?\b){4}$
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About this pattern

The IPv4 pattern validates each octet is between 0 and 255 by checking three ranges: 250-255 (25[0-5]), 200-249 (2[0-4]\d), and 0-199 (1\d\d|[1-9]?\d). The octets are separated by dots and the pattern repeats exactly 4 times. This is one of the more complex common regex patterns because simple \d{1,3} would match invalid values like 999.

FAQ

Why not just use \d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}?

Because that matches invalid IPs like 999.999.999.999. Each octet must be 0-255, which requires the alternation pattern shown above.

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