restricting the expression - regex

I am trying to write an expression which will allow :
1) Enter digits in the first five spots.
and
2) Enter of numbers and/or alphabets in the next 6 spots.
and
3) A check which validates that the total length is = 11 neither more nor less.
I am able to achieve the #1 & #2 through the below expression but not able to put a validation which checks for the total data to be exactly 11 neither less nor more. Can someone provide some inputs. Thanks
^([\d{5}]*[0-9a-zA-Z]{6})$

This part is failing: [\d{5}]*.
It matches "any digit, a {, a 5 or a }" 0 or more times.
You must be looking for \d{5}, which means "five digits"

This is what you want:
^\d{5}[0-9a-zA-Z]{6}$

for single line you could specify that your match must happen at the end of the line as follows ...
^\s*([0-9]{11})\z
hope it helps

this [\d{5}]* is causing the problem. Use this-
/^[0-9]{5}[a-zA-Z0-9]{6}$/

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Regex, allow characters and digits, but allow up to 7 digits only

I would very much appreciate a bit of help with the following regex riddle.
I need regex statement that would validate against the following rules:
The input can contain letters, special characters and digits.
The input can't start with "0",
The input Can have up to 7 digits
Examples of valid input:
aa1234aa2.(less than 7 digits)
asd234566 (less than 7 digits)
Examples of invalid input:
0asdfd92 (starts with 0)
asd12312311 (more than 7 digits)
What I have tried so far:
^\D[0-9]{0,7}$,
validates against d0000000, but the input may be d0d0dddd1234d
The part can't start with 0 can be removed from the requirement if it complicates a lot. The most important is to have "Can have up to 7 digits" part.
Regards,
Oleg
This is what you need!
Attempt 1: ^[1-9]\d{0,6}$
Attempt 2: ^[^0][\d\w]{0,6}$
Attempt 3: ^[^0].{0,6}$
Attempt 4: ^([\D]*\d){0,7}[\D]*$
Attempt 5: ^([\D]*[1-9]){0,7}[\D]*$|^[^0]\d{0,6}$
Attempt 6: ^([\D]*[1-9]){1,7}[\D]*$|^[^0]\d{1,6}$ <- this should work
Example here
If I understand the requirements correctly, this will work:
^(?=[^0])(\D*\d){0,7}\D*$
That will allow any string that does not start with a zero and has 7 or fewer digits. Any other characters are allowed in any quantity.
Explanation
The first part (?=[^0]) is an assertion that checks to make sure the string does not start with zero. The rest matches any number of non-digits followed by a digit, up to 7 times. Then any number of non-digits before the end of the string.
Assuming Perl (it looks like Perl regular expressions):
Check for leading zero: if (subst($pass, 0, 1) eq '0') { fail }
Check for no more than seven digits: if (($pass =~ tr /0-9/0-9/) > 7) { fail }
I'm generally against trying to cram everything into a single regular expression, especially when there are other tools available to do the job. In this case, the tr will not be executed if there is a leading zero, and a leading zero is easy to spot in the beginning of a string.
Doing it this way, it's easy to add further restrictions independently of the others. For example, "there may be more than 7 digits if they are all separated by other types of characters" (a regex for this one, probably).
You can use this regex:
^[^0](?:\D*\d){1,7}\D*$
RegEx Demo
This will perform following validations:
Must start with non-zero
Has 1 to 7 digits after first char
Verbose, but does the trick.
(^[1-9][^\d]*([\d]?[^\d]*){0,6}$|^[^\d]+([\d]?[^\d]*){0,7}$)
I found it easier to split the RegEx into two cases: when the string starts with a digit, and when it doesn't.
^((?:\D+(?:\d?\D*){0,7})|(?:[1-9]\D*(?:\d?\D*){0,6}))$
You can test it here

regex find match within the first n items

I have a string of 8 separated hexadecimal numbers, such as:
3E%12%3%1F%3E%6%1%19
And I need to check if the number 12 is located within the first 4 set of numbers.
I'm guessing this shouldn't be all that complex, but my searches turned up empty. Regular expressions are always a trouble for me, but I don't have access to anything else in this scenario. Any help would be appreciated.
^([^%]+%){0,3}12%
See it in action
The idea is:
^ - from the start
[^%]+% - match multiple non % characters, followed by a % character
{0,3} - between 0 and 3 of those
12% - 12% after that
Here you go
^([^%]*%){4}(?<=.*12.*)
This will match both the following if that is what is intended
1%312%..
1%123%..
Check the solution if %123% is matched or not
If the number 12 should stand on its own then use
^([^%]*%){4}(?<=.*\b12\b.*)

*NIX REGEXP number series

Am playing around with regexp's but this is my headache. I have a dynamic number which needs a suffix. The suffix is always 0 to 9, 99 or 999.
Example:
I have the number 461200 and now I want to create an regexp that will match 461200 to 461209. What I've learned it should be ^46120[0-9]$? Is this correct or somewhere to the left of hell?
Ok, let us assume it is correct and I now want to match 461200 - 461299? This is where I get lost.
^4612[0-9]{2}?
It cannot be. I am yet to figure this out.
Any help appreciated.
For 1 digit at the end you need:
^4612[0-9]$
2 digits at the end:
^4612[0-9]{2}$
3 digits at the end:
^4612[0-9]{3}$
The number in braces {} means the number of time the preceding character or set has to be repeated.
Ok, let us assume it is correct and I now want to match 461200 -
461299?
You can either repeat the desired character class by saying [0-9][0-9] or use quantifiers [0-9]{2}.
It can be either:
^4612[0-9][0-9]$
or
^4612[0-9]{2}$
Both would work.
maybe try this regex:
^4612\d{2}$

Regular expression prices

I'm trying to find a valid price validation for my needs..
Valid input format (xxx means no maximum length - 0000 means 4 decimal places at maximum):
15,0000
15.0000
150.0000
150,0000
xxxxxxxxxxxx.0000
xxxxxxxxxxxx,0000
15,00
15,1
15.00
15.1
Invalid input format (basically everything that starts by 0):
01.0000
01.00
01
My regular expression so far: ^\$?[1-9][1-9,]*[0-9]\.?[0-9]{0,2}$
Edit 1: Changed my regex for this one: ^\$?[1-9]*[1-9]((\,)|(\.))?[0-9]{0,4}$ but now I need to be able to add 150000000 and it only allows me 150000
EDIT: just saw that you updated the question and added 0 as a valid input. I'll see if I can add that.
How about:
^([1-9].*[,\.][0-9]*)$
This will work on the examples above.
But be careful with input like 15x,001
See it in action
Okay this one seems okay to me
^[^0]\d+(\.|\,)?[0-9]{0,4}$
checked here http://rubular.com/r/97Ra9VS9h4
and yes one more thing if you want to check for one digit numbers also like 1,2 etc
then you can just replace the + with * like this ^[^0]\d*(\.|\,)?[0-9]{0,4}$
What about this one:
^\$?[1-9][0-9]*(,|\.)[0-9]{1,4}$
The first regex makes sure the price doesnt starts with a zero.
Then all numbers are allowed, zero or more numbers.
Then there must be a comma or a point.
Finaly all numbers are allowed, max count is four and minimum one
^[1-9][0-9]*([.,][0-9]{1,4})?$

Simple phone regex

I want a regex that checks the following things:
The string starts with an +
After the '+' only numbers can occur
There should be atleast 4 numbers after the +
Does anyone know how to make this?
/^+\d{4,}$/
will meet your requirements.
^ is the anchor for start fo the string
\d is a digit
{4,} says at least 4 of the preceding expression (here the \d). you can add a maximum if needed like {4,20} would allow at least 4 and at most 20 characters.
$ is the anchor for the end of the string
/^((00|\+)[0-9]{2,3}){0,1}[0-9]{4,14}$/
More general than your request, but you can specialize it. Explaining:
((00|\+)[0-9]{2,3})
international code with 00 or + and 2 or 3 digits. Modify the expression according to your needs.
{0,1}
international code is optional - remove it if it is required
[0-9]{4,14}
digits: minimum 4, maximum 14. Change the values according to your needs.
Regards
A.
/\+\d{4,15}/
This should help if 15 is the atmost limit of numbers
OR rather keep the second parameter blank as stema suggested.
I went with this one:
/\A(([+]\d{3,})?\d{6,8})/