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Regex for UUID v4

Regex Pattern

^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$

UUID version 4 (randomly generated)

Quick Answer

The regex pattern for uuid v4 is `^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$`. UUID version 4 (randomly generated). This works in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, and most regex engines that support PCRE syntax.

Test Examples

InputResult
550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000✓ Matches
f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479✓ Matches
550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000✗ No match
not-a-uuid✗ No match
550e8400e29b41d4a716446655440000✗ No match

Code Examples

javascript

const regex = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/;
const isValid = regex.test(value);

python

import re
pattern = r'^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$'
if re.match(pattern, value):
    print("valid")

ruby

pattern = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/
if value =~ pattern
  puts "valid"
end

php

if (preg_match('/^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/', $value)) {
    echo "valid";
}

java

String pattern = "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$";
boolean isValid = value.matches(pattern);

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