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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T18:35:11+00:00 2026-05-20T18:35:11+00:00

I need regex for a line that starts with two characters followed by 2-4

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I need regex for a line that starts with two characters followed by 2-4 digits or 2-4 digits followed by “-” and followed by 2-4 digits.

Examples:

  • AB125
  • AC123-25
  • BT1-2535

Seems simple , but I got stuck with it …

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    2026-05-20T18:35:12+00:00Added an answer on May 20, 2026 at 6:35 pm

    Regular expressions always seem simple, right up to the point where you try to use them 🙂

    This particular one can be done with something along the lines of:

    ^[A-Z]{2}([0-9]{2,4}-)?[0-9]{2,4}$
    

    That’s:

    • 2 alpha (uppercase) characters.
    • an optional 2-to-4-digit and hyphen sequence.
    • a mandatory 2-to-4-digit sequence.
    • start and end markers.

    That last one, BT1-2535, doesn’t match your textual specification by the way since it only has one digit before the hyphen. I’m assuming that was a typo. You will also have to change the character bit to use [A-Za-z] if you want to allow lowercase as well.

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