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As a result of this comment, my regex went from <br />
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&quot;888-367-1240&quot; -match &quot;[0-9]{3,3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]<wbr />{4}&quot;<br />
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to <br />
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&quot;888-367-1240&quot; -match &quot;^[0-9]{3,3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9<wbr />]{4}$&quot;<br />
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and it now works properly. &nbsp;Thank you!
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As a result of this comment, my regex went from

"888-367-1240" -match "[0-9]{3,3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}"

to

"888-367-1240" -match "^[0-9]{3,3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}$"

and it now works properly.  Thank you!

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Hi people - <br />
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Just curious - <br />
look at the following expression in powershell. &nbsp;Why does this return true? &nbsp;I believe the limit here is 3, NO?<br />
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&quot;8888888888888888888&quot; -match &quot;[0-9]{0,3}&quot;
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Hi people - 

Just curious - 
look at the following expression in powershell.  Why does this return true?  I believe the limit here is 3, NO?

"8888888888888888888" -match "[0-9]{0,3}"

Powershell or Regex?

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