Regex doesn't detect symbol

Question

User input might look like:

or

Following data is valid examples: *; a; A; e; D

I don't understand why ^[A-Ea-e]{1}\*?$ doesn't work?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '15 at 19:05

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You just need a character class:

^[A-Ea-e*]$

You regex is only allowing an optional * after A-E or a-e but never * alone.

answered Oct 26 '15 at 19:05

anubhava

It works great. What if second condition with 3 character limit and first 1 character? – demonoid Oct 26 '15 at 19:10
like this? ^[A-Ea-e]{3}\*?$ – demonoid Oct 26 '15 at 19:11
In that case it will be `^([A-Ea-e]{3}|\*)$` – anubhava Oct 26 '15 at 19:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '15 at 19:09

1

Try using regex groups:

^([A-Ea-e]|\*)$

You want to have two different alternatives:

answered Oct 26 '15 at 19:09

Krease

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