Regular Expression for first name field.

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Hi, I'm new in Regular expression and i would appreciate it if you can make a regular expression for a first name field.

- It should accept only accept 1 space bet two words (eg. Mary Joy)
- It should not contain any numbers
- ñ should also be accepted.

Thanks.

Posted 30-Aug-13 21:34pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2013-08-30T21:58:00

Solution 1

Try:

^(([A-Za-zñ]+\s{1}[A-Za-zñ]+)|([A-Za-zñ]+))$

Posted 30-Aug-13 21:58pm

OriginalGriff