FYI... A colleague of mine came up with this: ^\d{5}$|^\d{5}-\d{4}$
That does what I want.
Thanks to everyone who replied.
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From: Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 11:57 AM
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Subject: RE: Validator
Forgot second part, try something like ^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$
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> From: Alvarado, Juan (c) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:49 AM
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> Subject: Validator
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> Can anyone explain to me what this regular expression means:
>
> ^\d{5}\d*$ -- Zip validation that comes with the validator
>
> I thought it meant you could only type in a five digit zip
> code. Ex: 33634
>
> However, I am allowed to type: 3363455 and that works.
>
> Of course, since I am no expert on regular expressions, I am sure I am
> missing something.
>
> What I basically need to accomplish is to allow a user to be
> able to type in
> a zip code in two formats and only those two formats:
>
> 33634-6661 OR 33634
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
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