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regex search for one or more instances of a character set

When you add a plus sign '+' after characters identified within square brackets in a regular expression search, the search will find any instances where one or more of these characters appear. So this search:


[A-D]+[0-5]+[a-c]+


. . . will find strings which begin with one or more instances of the uppercase letters between A to D, one or more digits between 1 and 5, and end with one or more of the lowercase letters between a and c.




Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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