How to check there are only 2-4 characters

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Using regex, I'm trying to check whether there's only 2-4 characters used after a .. At the moment, i got it working to detect when its less than 2 characters but after 4 characters, it still deems it as successful. How can I fix this? This is what I have written down:

/.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '20 at 03:07

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You need to escape the dot (.).

/\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/

answered Oct 18 '20 at 03:07

plalx

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '20 at 03:11

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. is the control character in RegExp, you should to escape it:

/\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/

And, to ignore case, add the i flag:

/\.[a-z]{2,4}$/i

answered Oct 18 '20 at 03:11

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How to check there are only 2-4 characters

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