Inside a character class delimited by square brackets, the vertical bar character is not used for alternation. Currently, your line could end with a bar. Try the following revision:
^[A-Z].*[A-Za-z0-9]$ Jamal On 8/6/2010 9:42 AM, Homme, James wrote:
Hi, How would you construct a regular expression that looks for the first letter of any line in upper case followed by the rest of the line as long as it ends with a letter or number? Would it be something like this? ^[A-Z].*[A-Z|a-z|1-9]$ Thanks. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog <http://mysites.highmark.com/personal/lidikki/Blog/default.aspx>. Discuss accessibility here <http://collaborate.highmark.com/COP/technical/accessibility/default.aspx>. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice <http://collaborate.highmark.com/COP/technical/accessibility/Accessibility%20Wiki/Forms/AllPages.aspx> This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates.
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