Common Regular Expressions

Name

^[a-zA-Z''-'\s]{1,40}$

John Doe
O'Dell

Validates a name. Allows up to 40 uppercase and lowercase characters and a few special characters that are common to some names. You can modify this list.

Social Security Number

^\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}$

111-11-1111

Validates the format, type, and length of the supplied input field. The input must consist of 3 numeric characters followed by a dash, then 2 numeric characters followed by a dash, and then 4 numeric characters.

Phone Number

^[01]?[- .]?(\([2-9]\d{2}\)|[2-9]\d{2})[- .]?\d{3}[- .]?\d{4}$

(425) 555-0123
425-555-0123
425 555 0123

1-425-555-0123

Validates a U.S. phone number. It must consist of 3 numeric characters, optionally enclosed in parentheses, followed by a set of 3 numeric characters and then a set of 4 numeric characters.

E-mail

^([0-9a-zA-Z]([-.\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z])*@([0-9a-zA-Z][-\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z]\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,9})$

someone@example.com
Validates an e-mail address.

URL

^(ht|f)tp(s?)\:\/\/[0-9a-zA-Z]([-.\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z])*(:(0-9)*)*(\/?)([a-zA-Z0-9\-\.\?\,\'\/\\\+&%\$#_]*)?$

http://www.microsoft.com

Validates a URL

ZIP Code

^(\d{5}-\d{4}|\d{5}|\d{9})$|^([a-zA-Z]\d[a-zA-Z] \d[a-zA-Z]\d)$

12345

Validates a U.S. ZIP Code. The code must consist of 5 or 9 numeric characters.

Password

(?!^[0-9]*$)(?!^[a-zA-Z]*$)^([a-zA-Z0-9]{8,10})$

Validates a strong password. It must be between 8 and 10 characters, contain at least one digit and one alphabetic character, and must not contain special characters.

Non- negative integer

^\d+$

0

986

Validates that the field contains an integer greater than zero.

Currency (non- negative)

^\d+(\.\d\d)?$

1.00

Validates a positive currency amount. If there is a decimal point, it requires 2 numeric characters after the decimal point. For example, 3.00 is valid but 3.1 is not.

Currency (positive or negative)

^(-)?\d+(\.\d\d)?$

1.20

Validates for a positive or negative currency amount. If there is a decimal point, it requires 2 numeric characters after the decimal point.