regex expression for money without the dollar sign?

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I need a regular expression that checks a numeric value to ensure it has two decimal places after the ".".

eg. 0.01, 0.10 is OK, but 2.0 or 0.1 is not OK.

It's for use with currency. However, I don't need to worry about the $ sign.

Posted 2-Feb-12 6:57am

cutexxbaby

Updated 2-Feb-12 7:23am

Chris Maunder773.4K

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Chris Maunder · Answer 1 · 2012-02-02T07:27:00

Solution 1

Try this:

/\d*\.\d{2}/

I rephrased your question so I hope this is what you were after/

Posted 2-Feb-12 7:27am

Chris Maunder773.4K

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cutexxbaby 2-Feb-12 13:32pm

but i try the expression you give, however , it give me dont allow me 0.01, 0.10 is which i want it to be OK