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Regular expressions using braces

Regexp                                                       Result   preg_match("/[A-Z]{3}/", "FuZ")                              False; the regexp will match precisely three uppercase letters   preg_match("/[A-Z]{3}/i", "FuZ")                             True; same as above, but case-insensitive this time   preg_match("/[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}/", "555-1234")                True; precisely three numbers, a dash, then precisely four. This will match local U.S. telephone numbers, for example   preg_match("/[a-z]+[0-9]?[a-z]{1}/", "aaa1")                 True; must end with one lowercase letter   preg_match("/[A-Z]{1,}99/", "99")                            False; must start with at least one uppercase letter   preg_match("/[A-Z]{1,5}99/", "FINGERS99")                    True; "S99", "RS99", "ERS99", "GERS99", and "NGERS99" all fit the criteria   preg_match("/[A-Z]{1,5}[0-9]{2}/i", "adams42")               True