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string pattern matching

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VS2005 string stringPattern = "^\\d{2}-\\d{1}-\\d{4}$"; i found this sample in the net while studying string pattern matching. i just want to know what ^ and $ means? and \d works for numbers.. what if im matching with characters?

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Scott Lysle19y ago
for Alphas you use A-Z, eg., [a-zA-Z], if you want five upper or lower case letters, you would use [a-zA-Z]{5}. If you are evaluating a pattern using the .NET Regex library, don't use the '^' in the expression.

Here is a resource that will help you out with regular expressions:

http://regexlib.com/Default.aspx
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