✅ Regex help pls:
^[a-z]+(?:_[a-z]+)?[a-z]+$ how can I check so that there are atleast 4 characters?6 Replies
At least 4 characters matching this pattern?
{4,} iircExactly.
Do I add it at the end?
Well this pattern matches an entire line, so it'll only work if multi line is enabled
But yes, add it after the pattern you want to match 4+ times
eg.
[a-z]{4,} is 4+ characters in the set a-zI don't get it. I want all the conditions to apply. But after that. I want to also add a condition that checks if the total is 4 characters at least. Does it make sense or is it just me?
For instance I don't want to check whether the characters before
_ are at least 4 or the otherway around. For instance something that would make this valid aa_a?I don't think you can easily check whether an the entire pattern matches at least 4 characters
If you're running this from code (which I assume you are), you can always just check how long the resulting match is
With the help of gpt4 I landed at this
^(?!_)(?!.*__)[a-z_]{4,15}(?<!_)$ which is working surprisingly 😂. Thanks for your help mate.