Help with regular expression

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Hi,
I am just learning about regular expressions and I need help finding one to validate a number in a text box that is in the following format

1111 111 11111

Allowed are all numbers and two spaces
not allowed every other character

Can someone help

Posted 28-Jul-15 4:19am

johnjsm

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Richard Deeming 28-Jul-15 10:31am

Are the spaces always in the same place, or can they appear anywhere in the string?

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Solution 2

Assuming any sequence of digits, no leading nor trailing nor consecutive spaces allowed, then the following should do:
^(?:\d+ ){2}\d+$
Cheers
Andi

Posted 28-Jul-15 4:43am

Andreas Gieriet

Updated 28-Jul-15 4:45am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-28T04:30:00

Solution 1

Try:

^\d{4}\s\d{3}\s\d{5}$

Posted 28-Jul-15 4:30am

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johnjsm 28-Jul-15 10:41am

thank you so much. thats working

OriginalGriff 28-Jul-15 10:54am

You're welcome!