Regular Expression that also allows for spaces in C# winforms

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Hello
I am working with regular expressions.It is working great but now i need modification like when the user enter "PartTime" it works well where as when user enters "Part Time" it does not so basically can any body guide me what regular expression might be that allows only strings ("characters") with spaces between words.

Currently my regular expression is
^[a-zA-Z]+$

Regards

Posted 31-Dec-13 0:54am

loraloper_22

Updated 31-Dec-13 0:57am

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♥…ЯҠ…♥ 31-Dec-13 6:55am

Space can come at any place right?

loraloper_22 31-Dec-13 7:01am

yes

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Solution 3

Check if this works

^[A-Za-z0-9() ]+$

I think your one misses space.

Also you can refer this link which is used to generate Regex.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/regular-expression-tools-resources/[^]
I have used expresso its very good.

Posted 31-Dec-13 1:07am

Gandalf_TheWhite

Solution 1

There is a special code in regular expressions for whitespaces: it's \w.
So your regular expression should be:

^[a-zA-Z\w]*$

Posted 31-Dec-13 0:57am

phil.o

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loraloper_22 31-Dec-13 7:01am

I have tried your approach but still not working
if (Regex.IsMatch(mystring, @"^[a-zA-Z\w]*$"))

??

phil.o 31-Dec-13 8:08am

Yep sorry, I made a mistake, escape character for whitespace is \s instead of \w

♥…ЯҠ…♥ 31-Dec-13 7:04am

\w denotes number, letter or underscore.So it wont work at all. Try using the one mentioned in my solution

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♥…ЯҠ…♥ · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-31T00:58:00

Solution 2

Hi,
Its just simple,
Try this

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

Accepted inputs
part time
Test time
Party time is over

Test this in here[^]

Hope this helps you a bit.

Regards,
RK

Posted 31-Dec-13 0:58am

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Updated 31-Dec-13 1:00am

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loraloper_22 31-Dec-13 7:17am

wroks like a charm. Thanks a lot

♥…ЯҠ…♥ 31-Dec-13 7:18am

You are welcome, I dont know why correct working answer is downvoted here? Totally insane

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-Dec-13 12:53pm

I voted 5. It looks like a small group of voters went to do some totally random down-votes during the night. It happens from time to time.
—SA

♥…ЯҠ…♥ 1-Jan-14 22:54pm

Thanks SA