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Regular Expression

Hi All,
I have a requirement where the attribute value should accept
1.Alphabets at the start
2.alphabets, numbers and hyphen in between
3.alphabets or numbers at the end
4.White spaces should be limited to maximum of one

Eg: High-School or The High School or High9School
Oct 20 '09 #1
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