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Simple regular expression for length

Hi,

What regular expression should I use to allow any character (including space
etc) but only with a length of 6 to 8 characters?

Regards Magnus

Feb 19 '08 #1
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Hello Magnus,
Hi,

What regular expression should I use to allow any character (including
space etc) but only with a length of 6 to 8 characters?

Regards Magnus
This question is so easily answered that I think you didn't try it yourself...

^.{6,8}$

Should do.

--
Jesse Houwing
jesse.houwing at sogeti.nl
Feb 19 '08 #2
Well, I tried but...
I read the syntax but missed exactly the row about ".".
Thanks a lot
/Magnus
"Jesse Houwing" <je***********@newsgroup.nospamwrote in message
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Hello Magnus,
>Hi,

What regular expression should I use to allow any character (including
space etc) but only with a length of 6 to 8 characters?

Regards Magnus

This question is so easily answered that I think you didn't try it
yourself...

^.{6,8}$

Should do.

--
Jesse Houwing
jesse.houwing at sogeti.nl


Feb 19 '08 #3

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