On Thursday, January 3, 2019, Glenn Schultz <gl...@bondlab.io> wrote:
> All, > > I am writing a query to select * from where ~ '[regx] an example of the > sting that I am matching is below > > FHLG16725 > > The first two alpha characters to match are FN, FH, GN any alpha > characters between those and the numeric don't matter as the first two > alpha + numeric will create a unique. > > reading the docs I am pretty sure I need to use ~ for bracket expression > > I tried '^[FN-FG-GN][0-9]' but does not seem to work. I have to admit I > am weak on regex - never quite seem to be able to get it through my coconut. > Yeah...that’s not even close...not exactly sure what it would match but it’s only two characters, one letter maybe and one number. You seem to want capturing groups though so using the ~ operator isn’t going to work, you need to use the function. > > Any help would be appreciated, > Glenn > ~ ‘^(FN|FH|GN)[A-Z]*[0-9]+$’ David J.
