Issue
This works as expected:
([^\u0000-\u007F])+-हा([^\u0000-\u007F])+
Returns:
ब-हाणपूर
ब-हाणी
बनियन-हाफ
But I am looking for 1 character followed by dash. The expected output is:
ब-हाणपूर
ब-हाणी
I tried to replace + sign with character count like this...
([^\u0000-\u007F]){1}-हा([^\u0000-\u007F])+
But it returned the same 3 results. How do I return the first 2?
Solution
You need anchors:
^([^\u0000-\u007F])-हा([^\u0000-\u007F])+$
You asked 'What if I need 5 characters to the left of dash?'
The regex portion [^\u0000-\u007F]
as written matches a single character that meets that criterion. If you want more or less than one, use a regex quantifier to describe how many you want.
In this case, if you want 5, you would use:
^([^\u0000-\u007F]{5})-हा([^\u0000-\u007F])+$
Answered By - dawg