help with lastname regex in c# code

[dje]

Regex regex = new Regex("/[a-zA-Z '-]/");
Match match;
match = regex.Match(this.LastName.Text);
if(!match.Success)
{
sb.Append("Last name invalid. ");
returnValue=false;
}
with the input "jones", match.Success always fails. Is there something
wrong with my regular expression or am I not using Regex correctly?
Thanks.

[Robby]

The problem is the the forward slashes.
"/jones/" will cause a match.

Robby

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Regex regex = new Regex("/[a-zA-Z '-]/");
Match match;
match = regex.Match(this.LastName.Text);
if(!match.Success)
{
sb.Append("Last name invalid. ");
returnValue=false;
}
with the input "jones", match.Success always fails. Is there something
wrong with my regular expression or am I not using Regex correctly?
Thanks.

[Igor]

Regex regex = new Regex("[a-zA-Z '-]+");
"dje" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Regex regex = new Regex("/[a-zA-Z '-]/");
Match match;
match = regex.Match(this.LastName.Text);
if(!match.Success)
{
sb.Append("Last name invalid. ");
returnValue=false;
}
with the input "jones", match.Success always fails. Is there something
wrong with my regular expression or am I not using Regex correctly?
Thanks.

[dje]

thx Igor and Robby!

"Igor" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:<u4**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...

Regex regex = new Regex("[a-zA-Z '-]+");
"dje" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:d7**************************@posting.google.c om...

Regex regex = new Regex("/[a-zA-Z '-]/");
Match match;
match = regex.Match(this.LastName.Text);
if(!match.Success)
{
sb.Append("Last name invalid. ");
returnValue=false;
}
with the input "jones", match.Success always fails. Is there something
wrong with my regular expression or am I not using Regex correctly?
Thanks.