How do I create a pattern for Regex That Contains $BBBA-W or $BBBB

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here i want to ask a question 'bout a regular expression,
as the same like the question title, i want to create a Regex pattern from a string that contains $XXXX or $XXXX-Z (the X and Z is ignoreCase, it can be uppercase, or lowercase),

example of the string is :

* here is the example of string contains $XYZA
* here is the second example of string contains $XYZA-B

can somebody help me please, i need it very quick.
thanks..

Posted 15-May-14 22:50pm

Andrew Budiman

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thanks for your solution all, it's now work on my website. :D

Posted 15-May-14 23:36pm

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Peter Leow · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-15T23:21:00

Solution 1

^\$[a-zA-Z]{4}(\-[a-zA-Z])?$

Posted 15-May-14 23:21pm

Peter Leow

Mandip Grewal · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-15T23:24:00

If you want to match the whole string exactly same as pattern i.e. [$XXXX] or [$XXXX-X] then you can go for it.

JavaScript

^\$([a-z|A-Z]{4})(-[a-z|A-Z]{1})*$

Else you can check below to search for matches similar to your pattern in long string.