That is close, but required the A when he's allowing just "B". Also, he gets some E's there in the end.
I'd look at this: ^A?[123]?[B-E]?$ The big caveat there is that it allows the empty string, so you might want to also take a look and make sure they actually submit something. --Ben CF wrote: > Hi Michael. > >> sorry for OT but I need your help RegEx gurus. > > As long as it's CF related, it is not OT. Just my $0.02 ;-) > >> In my form > users can >> insert a field with this pattern: >> >> A|1-3|-B|C|D >> In resume can insert ? >> A or >> A1B or >> A2B or >> A3B or >> A1C, A2C, A3C, A1D, A2D, A3D, A1E, A2E, A3E, AB, AC, AD, B, C, D >> >> Validating only letters work fine but that all combinations fail. > > OK. Start with letter A, followed bei 0 or 1 occurence of 1 though 3, > followed by 0 or 1 occurence of B through D. Correct? > > Then the following reg exp. should do: > "A([123]?)([BCD]?)" > > Best, > > Chris > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234253 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
