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boost regex - how to match an even number of digits from a range

I would like to match an even number of digits from a range. Here is a regex which match a number of digits from range:

boost::regex expr("[0-9]{2,20}");

How to modify that regex to match an even number of digits from a range ?

Solution

  • Your pattern [0-9]{2,20} repeats a digit 0-9 from 2 - 20 times.

    You could use an anchor to assert the start ^ and the end $ of the string and repeat matching 2 digits between 1-10 times:

    ^(?:[0-9]{2}){1,10}$

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