On Feb 7, Stuart Clark said:
>How do I match a pattern that starts with a 4 and has 16 numbers in it.
>
>I try /^4\d{16}/;
That's quite vague. Do you mean the string must start with a 4 and
consist ONLY of 16 digits?
/^4\d{15}$/
>Also how do I match a 16 digit number that starts with either 6565 or
>starts with a number in the range of 555000-555100
>
>/(^6565(\d{16})|^{555000-555100}(\d{16}))/
Again, you put \d{16} after you already matched some numbers.
/^(?:6565\d{12}|555(?:0\d\d|100)\d{10})$/
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