Logical OR with RegularExpressions

[mg]

Is there a Regular Expression that matches either an
integer [0-9]+ OR some letters [a-zA-Z]+ followed by a
COMMA followed by some letters [a-zA-Z]+

That is, for example, either 01234 OR aBc,xyZ

???

[Eric Gunnerson [MS]]

The OR operator is "|", inside of parenthesis:

(cat|dog)

For what you want, you can do:

[0-9a-zA-Z]+,[a-zA-Z]+

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"mg" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Is there a Regular Expression that matches either an
integer [0-9]+ OR some letters [a-zA-Z]+ followed by a
COMMA followed by some letters [a-zA-Z]+

That is, for example, either 01234 OR aBc,xyZ

???

[Eric Newton]

I think i'm parsing words to literally so that regex would have to look like
([0-9]+|[A-Za-z]+,[A-Za-z]+)
or shorthand
(\d+|\w+,\w+)

ps: not trying to show up mr gunnerson, of course

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"Eric Gunnerson [MS]" <er****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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The OR operator is "|", inside of parenthesis:

(cat|dog)

For what you want, you can do:

[0-9a-zA-Z]+,[a-zA-Z]+

--
Eric Gunnerson

Visit the C# product team at http://www.csharp.net
Eric's blog is at http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/ericgu/

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "mg" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Is there a Regular Expression that matches either an
integer [0-9]+ OR some letters [a-zA-Z]+ followed by a
COMMA followed by some letters [a-zA-Z]+

That is, for example, either 01234 OR aBc,xyZ

???