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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T08:07:51+00:00 2026-05-12T08:07:51+00:00

How comes this writes False? Console.Write(Regex.IsMatch([abcde]{1,16}, babe)); What’s wrong with my regex? Doesn’t that

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How comes this writes False?

Console.Write(Regex.IsMatch("[abcde]{1,16}", "babe")); 

What’s wrong with my regex? Doesn’t that regex roughly translate to: contains between 1 and 16 characters, a through e?

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    2026-05-12T08:07:51+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 8:07 am

    Your arguments are switched. I.e., use:

    Regex.IsMatch("babe", "[abcde]{1,16}")
    

    instead,

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