regex in java

[Timothy Sam]

Hi, I'm using regex API in Java 5. May I ask how I would for a pattern like 5'11" or 6'0" for validating height field? Thanks!

[Christophe Verré]

What about "[0-9]'[0-9][0-1]?\""
I don't know this metric system so I don't know the actual requirements...

[Paul Sturrock]

 

Originally posted by Timothy Sam:
Hi, I'm using regex API in Java 5. May I ask how I would for a pattern like 5'11" or 6'0" for validating height field? Thanks!

Though using regex to partially validate stuff is a good idea, you can't completely validate that sort of field with it. In particular you won't be able to catch such things like the inches value being greater than 11, for example.