Regular expression for field in the format of NNNN-NNN-NNNN
I have an Asp.net web form with an input field where people will enter the data in the format
NNNNN-NNN-NNNNN
Where N represents a number. And each set of numbers is seperated by a hyphen. Also two consecutive hyphens are not allowed. Also I need to prevent the applicaiton user from starting the number sequence with a hyphen or ending with a hyphen. So this is not allowed:
-NNNNN-NNN-NNNNN Nor -NNNNN-NNN-NNNNN- Nor -NNNN-NNN-NNNN-
Basically the rule is a first set of numbers followed by a hyphen, followed by another set of numbers, a hyphen and followed by third set of numbers. The total number of digits entered cannot exceed 20.
Can someone help me figure this out? I initially created this regular expression which I used to allow people to enter up to 20 numbers. The requirements have changed now so that I have to use hypens for input according to what I described earlier. This is what I initially had:
^\d{1,20}$
This is a difficult problem I have not been able to figure out. I will offer 400 points for some expert help.
NNNNN-NNN-NNNNN
Where N represents a number. And each set of numbers is seperated by a hyphen. Also two consecutive hyphens are not allowed. Also I need to prevent the applicaiton user from starting the number sequence with a hyphen or ending with a hyphen. So this is not allowed:
-NNNNN-NNN-NNNNN Nor -NNNNN-NNN-NNNNN- Nor -NNNN-NNN-NNNN-
Basically the rule is a first set of numbers followed by a hyphen, followed by another set of numbers, a hyphen and followed by third set of numbers. The total number of digits entered cannot exceed 20.
Can someone help me figure this out? I initially created this regular expression which I used to allow people to enter up to 20 numbers. The requirements have changed now so that I have to use hypens for input according to what I described earlier. This is what I initially had:
^\d{1,20}$
This is a difficult problem I have not been able to figure out. I will offer 400 points for some expert help.
Superdave
^(?=.{1,20}$)\d+-\d+-\d+$
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^\d{1,20}-\d{1,20}-\d{1,20
Sorry, didn't see TOTAL digits count should be less than 20.
1) ^\d+-\d+-\d+$
2) And set MaxLength for TextBox equal to 18
That's it
1) ^\d+-\d+-\d+$
2) And set MaxLength for TextBox equal to 18
That's it
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