Regular Expressions 101

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Regular Expression
ECMAScript (JavaScript)

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^\s*[-+]?(\d+\.?\d*|\d*\.?\d+)([eE][-+]?\d+)?\s*$
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gm

Description

Should be able to match a dot-separated decimal number (C-style)

Works with:

  • integers
  • floating-point
  • scientific notation
Submitted by anonymous - 6 years ago