Regular expression for atleast one numeric,atleast one alpha and with some special characters and min length is 8

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regular-expression

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/^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-zA-Z])([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\@\#\$\%]).{8,}$/

using above.. but it fails on some special character.
accepting special characters are

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-,_,@,#,$,%,(,)

but its accepting * too...

Posted 8-May-14 18:25pm

Rajni from delhi

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syed shanu 9-May-14 0:31am

Check this :
((?=.*\d)(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\W).{8,8})
Chk this links for more details :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9477906/password-must-be-8-characters-including-1-uppercase-letter-1-special-character

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19510327/regex-for-alphanumeric-at-least-1-number-and-special-chars

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Amalraj Ramesh · Answer 1 · 2014-05-08T18:43:00

Solution 2

try this

i hope this ill help you.

((?=.*\d)(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\W).{8,8})

Posted 8-May-14 18:43pm

Amalraj Ramesh

David A. Gray · Answer 2 · 2014-05-08T18:41:00

Solution 1

I don't think you can test all of those conditions with a single regular expression. I think the best you can do is test for a match against three regular expressions.

Posted 8-May-14 18:41pm

David A. Gray

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Rajni from delhi 9-May-14 6:11am

ok .. so can u please provide me the regular expression to check just special characters .
allowed characters are @,#,$,%,(,),- and _