Long time no posting! I've a regex question!

[Matthew1980]

HI there people,

Crikey, feels like ages since i've posted on here, hope as everyone is having a good time :)

Business:

Simple regex:

^[A-Z]/[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{3}/[0-9]{2}$

This checks for - AP/PD123/13, how can I change this to add an either or type operator in there, sort of like this:-

^[A-Z]/[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{3}/[0-9]({2}|{3})$

I'm sure that this is correct, but it's not reacting to the change.

?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
MRb

[g1smd]

Beginning

^[A-Z]/

it does NOT match two letters, only one.

"two or three digits" is done with

[0-9]{2,3}

Welcome back!

[Matthew1980]

Hi there g1smd,

Sorry, that was down to sloppy copy n pasting!

Thanks for the solution there too, I'm not brilliant at doing regex & I thought as the | would work like it does in C. There I go assuming again lol!

Thanks for the welcome back there too.

Cheers,
MRb

[g1smd]

/([0-9]{2}|[0-9]{3})$

would work, but the general rule is "when something repeats, stuff can be combined", hence

/[0-9]{2,3}$

instead.

[Matthew1980]

Hi g1smd,

I've just tested it, and it works great; I opted for the 'short-hand' version, and I've now combind an array of possible combinations down to 4 opposed to 8.

Thanks for the help once again!

Cheers,
MRb

[g1smd]

There was a longer thread about combining things only yesterday or the day before.

Might be some extra clues in there too!