Re: Regex {3} matches 3 or more? (Anchors)

> I thought {3} should match only 3, not more or less.

Yes, but in your case anywhere.

If you want to only match strings with exactly three digits you need anchors for start and end of string.

/^[0-9]{3}$/

Cheers Rolf
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Re^2: Regex {3} matches 3 or more? by pritesh_ugrankar (Monk) on Sep 05, 2020 at 14:07 UTC
Hi Rolf, Thank you for the clarity.	[reply] [d/l] [select]