Regex: Matching character set specific number of times
c#, notepad++, regex
Solution
Your question is slightly confusing as to if you want 6 hex characters, 8 times:
`([0-9a-fA-F]{6}){8}`
Or an 8 digit hex character:
`[0-9a-fA-F]{8}` or `[0-9a-fA-F]{4,8}` if you dont want to require 8 characters.
I would recommend testing on:
http://gskinner.com/RegExr/
If these don't get it, can you post a sample of the values you're trying to match (note that if you have these on multiple lines in notepad++ you also need to be looking for the newline characters)
Problem
Ok so this is likely a ridiculously stupid question but I can't seem to find a workable answer so please forgive my ignorance if the answer is obvious. All I would like is a Regex which will match a hex value exactly 8 times. So I've tried something like this: My Regex: ``` [0-9a-fA-F]{8} ``` Sample Input: ``` D651000000060D60FADF0DFCE080E020636263633534623231386339 ``` Sample Failing Input (where my given regex matches when I don't want it to): ``` ........@%........$dc073bcc-6aa5 ``` Yet for some reason this wont work for me. From what I understand the `{8}` should match the preceding regex 8 times...yet this doesn't seem to work in either C# or notepad++. Thanks in advance!