How to validate regex that initially hav 2 nums OR 2 charcters later any thing

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if (!Regex.Match(Name, @"^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2}$").Success)

Pls tel me correct way for this.

Posted 13-Nov-14 23:12pm

NarasinghRao

Updated 14-Nov-14 2:05am

Sibeesh KV

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 14-Nov-14 5:15am

Remove the end of line sign ($)...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 14-Nov-14 6:06am

What characters? You defined a-z A-Z and 0-9...
http://www.regexper.com/#%5E%5Ba-zA-Z0-9%5D%7B2%7D%24

NarasinghRao 14-Nov-14 6:18am

Sweet Answer Sir

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Nov-14 16:36pm

You need to formulate exactly what you want. In a text, each and every its element is a "character". If you meant "letter", [a-zA-Z] only covers basic Latin letters, not all letters...
—SA

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Wastedtalent · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-17T02:04:00

Solution 1

You could just do: if (!Regex.Match(Name, @"^[0-z]{2}").Success)

Posted 17-Nov-14 2:04am

Wastedtalent

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