RegEx for only 1 URL

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please help with regex for only 1 url. Meaning, user is not suppose to be able to supply two urls seperated by comma or other seperator. is that possible? what's the best solution? thanks

i also found this: http://dataannotationsextensions.org/ – ShaneKm Mar 18 '11 at 15:22 — ShaneKm, Mar 18 '11 at 15:22

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answered Mar 18 '11 at 14:04

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '11 at 14:06

There are plenty here: http://www.regexlib.com/Search.aspx?k=url&c=-1&m=5&ps=20

Ensure you add ^ at the beginning to denote the start of the string, and $ to denote the end.

If you only need a single URL, then any other URLs the user adds would make the entire string an invalid URL, so you win.

RegEx for only 1 URL

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