How can I create a Regular expression to match the following characters:
A-Z a-z 0-9 " - ? . ', !
… as well as new lines and spaces
How can I create a Regular expression to match the following characters: A-Z a-z
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How can I create a Regular expression to match the following characters:
A-Z a-z 0-9 " - ? . ', !
… as well as new lines and spaces
This will match any single one of those characters:
There’s a good chance you want something like:
Or possibly a bit simpler will meet your needs:
Remembering that if this is inside a string, you will need to escape either the
"or'in that (either by doubling up, or by prefixing with a backslash).Also note that the
-is last so that it is not treated as a range inside the character class. (Can also be placed first, or prefixed with backslash to prevent that).The
\wwill match a “word” character, which is almost always[A-Za-z0-9_].The
\swill match a whitespace character, (i.e. space,tab,newline,carriage return).But really you need to give more context to what you’re trying to do so people can suggest more fitting solutions.