validation expression for name in regular expression validation

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can anybody tell me how to validate name textbox with regular expression validation.
so that it can take only alphabets and space

Posted 4-May-12 0:18am

pck.ns

Updated 26-Sep-19 21:17pm

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Solution 2

Here u can use this

^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\\s]+$

Posted 4-May-12 0:24am

Bhargava Katta

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pankaj kumar priyadarshi 20-Oct-15 3:05am

I want Stop special char,spaces and digits or allow only hindi and english chars

Solution 3

You Can try this

^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\\s]+$

or go to Link:-

validation expression for name in regular expression validation[^]

Posted 6-Jul-12 21:18pm

Yatin chauhan

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VJ Reddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-04T00:23:00

Solution 1

The following regular expression can be used for the above purpose
^[a-zA-Z\s]+$

Posted 4-May-12 0:23am

VJ Reddy

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VJ Reddy 4-May-12 6:32am

It works. You can test it here http://regexhero.net/tester/
In C# either use @"^[a-zA-Z\s]+$" or "^[a-zA-Z\\s]+$"

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pck.ns 4-May-12 6:53am

sorry for first but now its working...............thanx

VJ Reddy 4-May-12 7:07am

You're welcome and thank you for accepting the solution and response.

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Sandeep Mewara 4-May-12 10:00am

Good answer. 5!

VJ Reddy 4-May-12 10:15am

Thank you, Sandeep.