I need a regex pattern to match this format ABC12345678:
it should start with ABC and should have preceding 8 numbers.
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3You might want to anchor the regex: `^ABC\d{8}$`, otherwise, depending on how the regex is used, it may match strings like `ABC123456789101112...`.
Bart Kiers
2010-05-04 18:15:46
@Bart K. +1, that might definitely be the case, depending on the desired result, which isn't very well defined.
David Hedlund
2010-05-04 19:00:13
+1
A:
Whenever I have to write a regex (which I try to avoid as much as possible), I refer to this .NET regex cheat sheet.
mgroves
2010-05-04 18:10:45
Because a) I'm not good at them, and b) many times there's a better solution. I'm not saying they shouldn't be used, or are never applicable, I'm just describing my behavior.
mgroves
2010-05-04 19:47:38