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Regular Expression to find a value "UL" and followed by a number (i.e., UL5 or UL 5).

I need help with a regular expression that will check a string for "UL" and followed by a number or a space and a number

Data                                                       Expected Result
---------------------------                              ---------------------------
UL 4                                                        True
ULXX                                                       False
UL7                                                         True
Z89                                                          False
UL/5                                                        False
Test UL5X                                              True
7UL                                                         False
8UL9                                                       True
UL-9999                                                  False
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I would use:
UL ?\d

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It's possibly better to use a space character instead of \s, if the \s matching a tab or newline could give unexpected results.

If the number can be more than one digit, then you can add a + after the \d