how To change my regex to reject underscores

Question

Currently have this regex string in my java code:

^[\\w\\-\\ \\#\\.\\/]{0,70}$

It successfully accepts those characters, however it also accepts underscore, how can modify the regex to reject underscore appearing anywhere in the string?

`^[-#. a-zA-Z0-9\\/]{0,70}$` should work. – anubhava Mar 26 '20 at 16:37 — anubhava, Mar 26 '20 at 16:37
It is because of`\w` – Wiktor Stribiżew Mar 26 '20 at 16:39 — Wiktor Stribiżew, Mar 26 '20 at 16:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '20 at 16:39

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Your regex is:

^[\\w\\-\\ \\#\\.\\/]{0,70}$

It is using \w which is equivalent of [a-zA-Z0-9_], hence it allows underscore also.

You can change your character class to this:

^[-#. a-zA-Z0-9\\/]{0,70}$

Note that space, dot, #, / don't need to be escaped inside [...] and - if placed at first or last position doesn't require escaping either.

answered Mar 26 '20 at 16:39

anubhava

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RegEx Demo: https://regex101.com/r/ByMyBl/1 – anubhava Mar 26 '20 at 16:45

how To change my regex to reject underscores

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