No digits Java Regex Pattern

Question

hi I want a regex pattern to check that the string doesn't contain any digits .

For Illustration : I'm coding a Hospital System and I want from user to enter the name of the patient , Of course the name shouldn't contain any digits , how can I do this by Regex ?

Answer 1

Try: \D

See the JavaDoc for Pattern

Answer 2

\D is a non-digit, and so then \D* is any number of non-digits in a row. So your whole string should match \D*.

Answer 3

Well names usually alphabetical, so this will be good : [a-b,A-Z, ,-]+

EDIT : [a-zA-Z- ',]+

Answer 4

\A\D*\Z

a good regex cheatsheet here