Two or more words in regular expression

Question

I have a problem with a regular expression in the next variable

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       [RegularExpression(@"[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ\u00f1\u00d1]+",         
ErrorMessage = "No numbers please")]
        [Display(Name = "Name")]
        public string name{ get; set; }

The problem is that in the html form it only accepts one word. I need the input to accept any number of words

I tried using the "+" plus the same regular expression but it doesn't work.

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        [RegularExpression(@"[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ\u00f1\u00d1] + [a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ\u00f1\u00d1]",
         ErrorMessage = "No numbers pleas")]
        [Display(Name = "Name")]
        public string name{ get; set; }

And also, the next code

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        [RegularExpression(@"^[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ\u00f1\u00d1] +",
         ErrorMessage = "No numbers pleas")]
        [Display(Name = "Name")]
        public string name{ get; set; }

But when I try to put "John Smith" it doesn't work. Could someone explain to me how to fix it

Answer 1

You are missing the blank space inside the brackets and you have an unwanted blank space before the '+' sign. You can try any of the next expressions

[RegularExpression(@"[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ\u00f1\u00d1 ]+")]

Or simply

[RegularExpression(@"[\w ]+")] //Don't forget the white space

\w matches any word character.

You can also add \s which matches any invisible character. But the space should do the trick.