I'm using an online tool to create contests. In order to send prizes, there's a form in there asking for user information (first name, last name, address,... etc).
There's an option to use regular expressions to validate the data entered in this form.
I'm struggling with the regular expression to put for the street number (I'm located in Belgium).
A street number can be the following:
1234
1234a
1234a12
begins with a number (max 4 digits)
can have letters as well (max 2 char)
Can have numbers after the letter(s) (max3)
I came up with the following expression:
^([0-9]{1,4})([A-Za-z]{1,2})?([0-9]{1,3})?$
But the problem is that as letters and second part of numbers are optional, it allows to enter numbers with up to 8 digits, which is not optimal.
1234 (first group)(no letters in the second group) 5678 (third group)
If one of you can tip me on how to achieve the expected result, it would be greatly appreciated !
You might use this regex:
^\d{1,4}([a-zA-Z]{1,2}\d{1,3}|[a-zA-Z]{1,2}|)$
where:
\d{1,4} - 1-4 digits
([a-zA-Z]{1,2}\d{1,3}|[a-zA-Z]{1,2}|) - optional group, which can be
[a-zA-Z]{1,2}\d{1,3} - 1-2 letters + 1-3 digits
or
[a-zA-Z]{1,2} - 1-2 letters
or
empty
\d{0,4}[a-zA-Z]{0,2}\d{0,3}
\d{0,4} The first groupe matches a number with 4 digits max
[a-zA-Z]{0,2} The second groupe matches a char with 2 digit in max
\d{0,3} The first groupe matches a number with 3 digits max
You have to keep the last two groups together, not allowing the last one to be present, if the second isn't, e.g.
^\d{1,4}(?:[a-zA-z]{1,2}\d{0,3})?$
or a little less optimized (but showing the approach a bit better)
^\d{1,4}(?:[a-zA-z]{1,2}(?:\d{1,3})?)?$
As you are using this for a validation I assumed that you don't need the capturing groups and replaced them with non-capturing ones.
You might want to change the first number check to [1-9]\d{0,3} to disallow leading zeros.
Thank you so much for your answers ! I tried Sebastian's solution :
^\d{1,4}(?:[a-zA-z]{1,2}\d{0,3})?$
And it works like a charm ! I still don't really understand what the ":" stand for, but I'll try to figure it out next time i have to fiddle with Regex !
Have a nice day,
Stan
The first digit cannot be 0.
There shouldn't be other symbols before and after the number.
So:
^[1-9]\d{0,3}(?:[a-zA-Z]{1,2}\d{0,3})?$
The ?: combination means that the () construction does not create a matching substring.
Here is the regex with tests for it.
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I need to validate with regex a date in format yyyy-mm-dd (2019-12-31) that should be within the range 2019-12-20 - 2020-01-10.
What would be the regex for this?
Thanks
Regex only deal with characters. so we have to work out at each position in the date what are the valid characters.
The first part is easy. The first two characters have to be 20
Now it gets complicated the next character can be a 1 or a 2 but what follows depends on the value of that character so we split the rest of the regex into two sections the first if the third character matches 1 and the second if it matches 2
We know that if the third character is a 1 then what must follow is the characters 9-12- as the range starts at 2019-12-20 now for the day part. The 9th character is the tens for the day this can only be 2 or 3 as we are already in the last month and the minimum date is 20. The last character can be any digit 0-9. This gives us a day match of [23][0-9]. Putting this together we now have a pattern for years starting 2019 as 19-12-[23][0-9]
It the third character is a 2 then we can match up to the day part of the date a gain as the range ends in January. This gives us a partial match of 20-01- leaving us to work on the day part. Hear we know that the first character of the day can either be a 1 or 0 however if it's a 1 then the last character must be a 0 and if it's a 0 then the last character can only be in the range 1 to 9. This give us another alteration (?:0[1-9]|10) Putting the second part together we get 20-01-(?:0[1-9]|10).
Combining these together gives the final regex 20(?:19-12-[23][0-9]|20-01-(?:0[1-9]|10))
Note that I'm assuming that the date you are testing against is a validly formatted date.
Try this:
(2019|2020)\-(12|01)\-([0-3][0-9]|[0-9])
But be aware that this will allow number up to where the first digit is between zero and three and the second digit between zero and nine for the dd value. You could specify all numbers you want to allow (from 20 to 10) like this (20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|01|1|02|2|03|3|04|4|05|5|06|6|07|7|08|8|09|9|10).
(2019|2020)\-(12|01)\-(20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|01|1|02|2|03|3|04|4|05|5|06|6|07|7|08|8|09|9|10)
But honestly... Regular-Expressions are not the right tool for this. RegExp gives a mask to something, not a logical context. Use regex to extract the data/value from a string and validate those values using another language.
The above 2nd Regex will, f.e. match your dates, but also values outside of this range since there is no context between 2019|2020 and the second group 12|01 so they match values like 2019-12-11 but also 2020-12-11.
To only match the values you want this will be a really large regex like this (inner brackets only if you need them) ((2019)-(12)-(20)|(2019)-(12)-(21)|(2019)-(12)-(22)|...) and continue with all possible dates - and ask yourself: what would you do if you find such a regex in a project you have to work with ;)
Better solution (quick and dirty, there might be better solutions):
(?<yyyy>20[0-9]{2})\-(?<mm>[01][0-9]|[0-9])\-(?<dd>[0-3][0-9]|[0-9])
This way you have three named groups (yyyy, mm, dd) you can access and validate the matched values... The regex is smaller, you have a better association between code and regex and both are easier to maintain.
Regex beginner here. I've been trying to tackle this rule for phone numbers to no avail and would appreciate some advice:
Minimum 6 characters
Maximum 20 characters
Must contain numbers
Can contain these symbols ()+-.
Do not match if all the numbers included are the same (ie. 111111)
I managed to build two of the following pieces but I'm unable to put them together.
Here's what I've got:
(^(\d)(?!\1+$)\d)
([0-9()-+.,]{6,20})
Many thanks in advance!
I'd go about it by first getting a list of all possible phone numbers (thanks #CAustin for the suggested improvements):
lst_phone_numbers = re.findall('[0-9+()-]{6,20}',your_text)
And then filtering out the ones that do not comply with statement 5 using whatever programming language you're most comfortable.
Try this RegEx:
(?:([\d()+-])(?!\1+$)){6,20}
Explained:
(?: creates a non-capturing group
(\d|[()+-]) creates a group to match a digit, parenthesis, +, or -
(?!\1+$) this will not return a match if it matches the value found from #2 one or more times until the end of the string
{6,20} requires 6-20 matches from the non-capturing group in #1
Try this :
((?:([0-9()+\-])(?!\2{5})){6,20})
So , this part ?!\2{5} means how many times is allowed for each one from the pattern to be repeated like this 22222 and i put 5 as example and you could change it as you want .
I want to check if a number is 50 or more using a regular expression. This in itself is no problem but the number field has another regex checking the format of the entered number.
The number will be in the continental format: 123.456,78 (a dot between groups of three digits and always a comma with 2 digits at the end)
Examples:
100.000,00
50.000,00
50,00
34,34
etc.
I want to capture numbers which are 50 or more. So from the four examples above the first three should be matched.
I've come up with this rather complicated one and am wondering if there is an easier way to do this.
^(\d{1,3}[.]|[5-9][0-9]|\d{3}|[.]\d{1,3})*[,]\d{2}$
EDIT
I want to match continental numbers here. The numbers have this format due to internal regulations and specify a price.
Example: 1000 EUR would be written as 1.000,00 EUR
50000 as 50.000,00 and so on.
It's a matter of taste, obviously, but using a negative lookahead gives a simple solution.
^(?!([1-4]?\d),)[1-9](\d{1,2})?(\.\d{3})*,\d{2}\b
In words: starting from a boundary ignore all numbers that start with 1 digit OR 2 digits (the first being a 1,2,3 or 4), followed by a comma.
Check on regex101.com
Try:
EDIT ^(.{3,}|[5-9]\d),\d{2}$
It checks if:
there 3 chars or more before the ,
there are 2 numbers before the , and the first is between 5 and 9
and then a , and 2 numbers
Donno if it answer your question as it'll return true for:
aa50,00
1sdf,54
But this assumes that your original string is a number in the format you expect (as it was not a requirement in your question).
EDIT 3
The regex below tests if the number is valid referring to the continental format and if it's equal or greater than 50. See tests here.
Regex: ^((([1-9]\d{0,2}\.)(\d{3}\.){0,}\d{3})|([1-9]\d{2})|([5-9]\d)),\d{2}$
Explanation (d is a number):
([1-9]\d{0,2}\.): either d., dd. or ddd. one time with the first d between 1 and 9.
(\d{3}\.){0,}: ddd. zero or x time
\d{3}: ddd 3 digit
These 3 parts combined match any numbers equals or greater than 1000 like: 1.000, 22.002 or 100.000.000.
([1-9]\d{2}): any number between 100 and 999.
([5-9]\d)): a number between 5 and 9 followed by a number. Matches anything between 50 and 99.
So it's either the one of the parts above or this one.
Then ,\d{2}$ matches the comma and the two last digits.
I have named all inner groups, for better understanding what part of number is matched by each group. After you understand how it works, change all ?P<..> to ?:.
This one is for any dec number in the continental format.
^(?P<common_int>(?P<int>(?P<int_start>[1-9]\d{1,2}|[1-9]\d|[1-9])(?P<int_end>\.\d{3})*|0)(?!,)|(?P<dec_int_having_frac>(?P<dec_int>(?P<dec_int_start>[1-9]\d{1,2}|[1-9]\d|[1-9])(?P<dec_int_end>\.\d{3})*,)|0,|,)(?=\d))(?P<frac_from_comma>(?<=,)(?P<frac>(?P<frac_start>\d{3}\.)*(?P<frac_end>\d{1,3})))?$
test
This one is for the same with the limit number>=50
^(?P<common_int>(?P<int>(?P<int_start>[1-9]\d{1,2}|[1-9]\d|[1-9])(?P<int_end>\.\d{3})+|(?P<int_short>[1-9]\d{2}|[5-9]\d))(?!,)|(?P<dec_int_having_frac>(?P<dec_int>(?P<dec_int_start>[1-9]\d{1,2}|[1-9]\d|[1-9])(?P<dec_int_end>\.\d{3})+,)|(?P<dec_short_int>[1-9]\d{2}|[5-9]\d),)(?=\d))(?P<frac_from_comma>(?<=,)(?P<frac>(?P<frac_start>\d{3}\.)*(?P<frac_end>\d{1,3})))?$
tests
If you always have the integer part under 999.999 and fractal part always 2 digits, it will be a bit more simple:
^(?P<dec_int_having_frac>(?P<dec_int>(?P<dec_int_start>[1-9]\d{1,2}|[1-9]\d|[1-9])(?P<dec_int_end>\.\d{3})?,)|(?P<dec_short_int>[1-9]\d{2}|[5-9]\d),)(?=\d)(?P<frac_from_comma>(?<=,)(?P<frac>(?P<frac_end>\d{1,2})))?$
test
If you can guarantee that the number is correctly formed -- that is, that the regex isn't expected to detect that 5,0.1 is invalid, then there are a limited number of passing cases:
ends with \d{3}
ends with [5-9]\d
contains \d{3},
contains [5-9]\d,
It's not actually necessary to do anything with \.
The easiest regex is to code for each of these individually:
(\d{3}$|[5-9]\d$|\d{3},|[5-9]\d)
You could make it more compact and efficient by merging some of the cases:
(\d{3}[$,]|[5-9]\d[$,])
If you need to also validate the format, you will need extra complexity. I would advise against attempting to do both in a single regex.
However unless you have a very good reason for having to do this with a regex, I recommend against it. Parse the string into an integer, and compare it with 50.
Question - what is the shortest form of regex to add a leading zero into single digit in date record?
So I want to convert 8/8/2014 8:04:34 to 08/08/2014 8:04:34 - add leading zero when only one digit is presented.
The record can have two single digit entry, one single digit entry or no single digit entry. Some records can be in forms like 25/06/2014 19:50:18 or 9/06/2014 8:27:35 - in other words, some of them could be already normalized and regex needs to fix only single digit entry.
Not a regex user by any means. Your help is appreciated.
How about:
Ctrl+H
Find what: \b(\d)(?=/)
Replace with: 0$1
Replace all
This will change 8/8/2014 8:04:34 into 08/08/2014 8:04:34
Use the following regex to find:
(\d)(\d)?/(\d)(\d)?/(.*)
Then use the following to replace:
(?{2}\1\2:0\1)/(?{4}\3\4:0\3)/\5
What we are using is called conditionals in terms of regex. Refer this answer for explanation.
Make sure you have unselected the checkbox which says ". matches newline".
First of all, let's do some test-driven development and write the test cases. We can ignore the time and concentrate on the date alone. Also, the year is not important. We have to find all the possible cases for the day and the month. For each of them, we can have:
A single digit
Two digits, the first of which is already a 0
Two digits, the first of which is not a 0
Two digits, the second of which is a 0 (probably not needed, but just in case).
The case where we have to do something is only the first one, and the last 3 could be joined into a single one, but I prefer to keep them separated. We need to test 16 combinations:
8/8/2014
8/08/2014
8/12/2014
8/10/2014
08/8/2014
08/08/2014
08/12/2014
08/10/2014
12/8/2014
12/08/2014
12/12/2014
12/10/2014
10/8/2014
10/08/2014
10/12/2014
10/10/2014
Of all of these, only 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13 must be changed. I don't know how to do it with a single regex, but with 2 regexes it's easy:
First regex, for the day:
(?<!\d)(\d/\d{1,2}/\d+)
replace with:
0\1
It matches a date where the day has only one digit, followed by a month with either 1 or 2 days, followed by a year with any number of digits, and it simply adds a 0 at the beginning.
Second regex, for the month:
(\d{2}/)(\d/\d+)
replace with:
\10\2
This one assumes that the first one has already been run, and thus the day has 2 digits. It finds dates where the month has a single digit, and adds a 0 before it. Please note that \10\2 means: the first group that matched, followed by a 0, followed by the second group. It doesn't mean: the tenth group, followed by the second. So the digits 1 and 0 are logically separated.
Run the first one, then the second one, and it gives the correct result:
08/08/2014
08/08/2014
08/12/2014
08/10/2014
08/08/2014
08/08/2014
08/12/2014
08/10/2014
12/08/2014
12/08/2014
12/12/2014
12/10/2014
10/08/2014
10/08/2014
10/12/2014
10/10/2014
Thanks to this recent answer I finally can give you an (hopefully) correct answer ;)
Replace
\b(?:(\d\d)|(\d))/(?:(\d\d)|(\d))/(\d\d)
with
(?{1}\1:0$2)/(?{3}\3:0\4)/\5
It uses Notepad++ conditionals (which I didn't know of until I stumbled over the mention question) to handle when only one or the other is single digit.
The regex matches a word boundary \b followed by two digits, captured in group 1, or one digit, captured in group 2, followed by a /. Then the same logic is repeated for day, which is captured in group 3 (2 digit) or 4 (1 digit). Then finally it checks that a year follows (at least two digits).
The conditional replace is explained in the linked answer. But simply put the (?{1} test if a match to group 1 was made it replaces with the expression before the :, otherwise the one after.
Hope this helps.
Regards
If you had a date like (ISO format)
2017-9-5
This
replace(/(\D)(\d)(?!\d)/g, '$10$2')
will turn it into
2017-09-05
and will preserve two digits in dates like
2017-11-11 or 2017-9-05
a general approach is to search for (in this case 5 digit numbers):
(\d)??(\d)??(\d)??(\d)??(\d)
Replace with
(?1\1:0)(?2\2:0)(?3\3:0)(?4\4:0)\5
You can use /^\d\/|(?<=\/)\d\/\d/g to select text, then add 0 before selected text, it should work for all your conditions.
I need to validate string with 2 groups which are separated with one space with next rules:
Each group needs to be at least 2 character long but less or equal to 15
Both groups together can't be more than 20 chars long (not counting space)
Groups can only contain letters (that's simple, it's [a-zA-Z])
Following these rules, here are some examples
Firstname Lastname (Valid)
Somename T (Invalid, 2nd one is <2)
Somethingsomettt Here (Invalid, first one is > 15)
Somethingsome Somethingsome (Invalid, total > 20)
It'd be simple [a-zA-Z]{2,15} [a-zA-Z]{2,15} if it wasn't for that 2+2<=total<=20 condition.
Is it even possible to limit it this way? If it is - how?
UPDATE
Just for the sake of it, resulting regex was supposed to be ^(?=[a-zA-Z ]{5,21}$)[a-zA-z]{2,15} [a-zA-Z]{2,15}$, #vks was closest one to it. Nevertheless, thanks #popovitsj and #Avinash Raj too.
^(?=.{5,21}$)[a-zA-Z]{2,15} [a-zA-Z]{2,15}$
Try this.See demo.
http://regex101.com/r/nA6hN9/30
This can be done with lookahead. Something like this:
^(?=.{1,20}$)[a-zA-z]{2,14} [a-zA-Z]{2,14}$
You could try the below regex which uses negative lookahead,
(?!^.{22,})^[a-zA-Z]{2,15} [a-zA-Z]{2,15}$
DEMO