Networkingflags: g
IPv4 Address
Match valid IPv4 addresses with each octet constrained to 0–255.
Try it in RegexProPattern
regexJavaScript
/(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)/gRaw source: (?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)
How it works
Each octet alternation covers 250-255, 200-249, and 0-199 ranges to ensure strict 0-255 validity. Three octets with dots are matched, then the final octet.
Examples
Input
192.168.1.1Matches
192.168.1.1
Input
255.255.255.0Matches
255.255.255.0
Input
999.999.999.999No match
—Common use cases
- Network configuration validation
- Parsing server log files
- Firewall rule generation
- IP address extraction from text