Regular Expressions - Not matching specified length

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I have the following regex:

[a-z][^b|j|m|n]{5}

However, it only matches 6 characters and not the specified 5?

What programming language or tool are you using?

kirelagin
– kirelagin

2013-05-28 16:00:29 +00:00
Commented May 28, 2013 at 16:00 — kirelagin
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ritch
– ritch

2013-05-28 16:05:40 +00:00
Commented May 28, 2013 at 16:05 — ritch
– ritch, Commented May 28, 2013 at 16:05

sashoalm · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-28 16:00:55Z

5

[^b|j|m|n]{5} would match 5 characters, and [a-z] would be the 6th.

answered May 28, 2013 at 16:00

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Explosion Pills · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-28 16:03:03Z

You may want to use

[ac-iklo-z]{5}

instead. This will only match the desired characters for all five characters. If you really do want to match "any alphabetic character followed by any single character except b,j,m,n" for a total of five characters, it would be

[a-z][^bjmn]{4}

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