What about ^0, $ in Regular expression

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I found a Regular expression in
http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatte...tegoryId=7What
do the ^0, $ mean in the begin and end of Regular
expression?^0[234679]{1}[\s]{0,1}[\-]{0,1}[\s]{0,1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{6}$

[Phil]

pretty sure that ^ is beginning of line and that $ is end.
"ad" wrote:

I found a Regular expression in
http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatte...tegoryId=7What
do the ^0, $ mean in the begin and end of Regular
expression?^0[234679]{1}[\s]{0,1}[\-]{0,1}[\s]{0,1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{6}$

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What make difference if we omit ^ or $ at begin and end?

"Phil" <Ph**@discussions.microsoft.com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:20********************************* *@microsoft.com...

pretty sure that ^ is beginning of line and that $ is end.
"ad" wrote:

I found a Regular expression in
http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatte...tegoryId=7What
do the ^0, $ mean in the begin and end of Regular
expression?^0[234679]{1}[\s]{0,1}[\-]{0,1}[\s]{0,1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{6}$

[Phil]

If I were searching for 'abc' and I did not have ^ and $ it would find it
would find it in the middle of strings, that is at any position in the string.

The ^ means it must start with the first character of the string to be
searched and the $ that it must be the ending character of the searched text.


"ad" wrote:

What make difference if we omit ^ or $ at begin and end?

"Phil" <Ph**@discussions.microsoft.com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:20*********************** ***********@microsoft.com...

pretty sure that ^ is beginning of line and that $ is end.
"ad" wrote:

I found a Regular expression in
http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatte...tegoryId=7What
do the ^0, $ mean in the begin and end of Regular
expression?^0[234679]{1}[\s]{0,1}[\-]{0,1}[\s]{0,1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{6}$

[Phil]

Valid entries for: ^0[234679]{1}[\s]{0,1}[\-]{0,1}[\s]{0,1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{6}$
would be:
02-1000000
021000000
021999999
02-8888888

However each number must be the complete string. i.e. '02-8888888' not
'02-8888888 ' a space at the end or ' 02-8888888' a space at the begining.

The ^0 means it must start with a zero. The bracketed [2-9]{1} means that
you must have one character following it that is any character 2 through 7,
etc.

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Thanks

"Phil" <Ph**@discussions.microsoft.com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:45********************************* *@microsoft.com...

Valid entries for:
^0[234679]{1}[\s]{0,1}[\-]{0,1}[\s]{0,1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{6}$
would be:
02-1000000
021000000
021999999
02-8888888

However each number must be the complete string. i.e. '02-8888888' not
'02-8888888 ' a space at the end or ' 02-8888888' a space at the begining.

The ^0 means it must start with a zero. The bracketed [2-9]{1} means that
you must have one character following it that is any character 2 through
7,
etc.