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UUID v4

Regex Pattern

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/\b[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}\b/gi
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Description
Matches standard UUIDs in the hyphen-separated 8-4-4-4-12 layout. It checks the version digit (1–5) and the variant digit so that only well-formed values are caught. Useful for extracting identifiers from database keys or logs.
Example Matches
550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
Test String
id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
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