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Posted by lister on 02/23/07 12:22
On Feb 23, 11:59 am, "willl69" <will...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if anybody can help me out with a regular expression.
>
> What i need to do is match a sting of 5+ words, with the words in any
> order. The below will perform the operation -
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> ^(word1|word2|word3|word4|word5)+$
>
> Although this works, this will also match alot of stuff that contains any
> of those words, not contains all the words, which is what i need.
>
> Any info greatly appreciated, i can ellaborate on the problem if needed,
>
> Cheers
>
> Will
^(word1|word2|word3|word4|word5){5}$
Will require 5 words, but this will still let your user enter the same
word 5 times. Do you need an instance of all 5 words?
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