regular expression to accept space and minus sign ?

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Hi i want a regular expression which will allow
following formats :
- 1.00
1.00
-1.00(no space between minus and digits)

i wrote a reg ex as *(-?)\s?\$?([0-9\.]*)
but its not working for - 1.00(with space ) can anyone help me ?

Posted 31-Oct-12 18:34pm

devendrasharma03

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SoumenBanerjee · Answer 1 · 2012-10-31T19:04:00

Solution 1

You can try to find your exact match from this link

http://regexlib.com/[^]

Posted 31-Oct-12 19:04pm

SoumenBanerjee

Sanjeev Alamuri · Answer 2 · 2012-10-31T19:14:00

Solution 2

Regular Expression for your Requirement follows:

^(\-*\s*[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$

Check this expression by giving several inputs in the following link
http://www.regexplanet.com/advanced/java/index.html[^]

Posted 31-Oct-12 19:14pm

Sanjeev Alamuri

Ahmedwaheed · Answer 3 · 2012-10-31T19:19:00

Solution 3

try this expression

^-?\s?[0-9]{1,}(\.[0-9]{2})?$

Posted 31-Oct-12 19:19pm

Ahmedwaheed