Regular Expression To Match Only Alphabets And Spaces

Regular expressions are one of the most powerful tools in a programmer’s arsenal.

If you have ever attempted to create your own regular expression to match only alphabets and spaces, you might find this article useful.

/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/

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Matches:

• ABC D
• ABCD
• ABC d
•  ABC

Non-matches:

• 123
• [email protected]#$

See Also:

• Regular Expression To Check Non-digit Characters
• Regular Expression To Match Non-Alphanumeric Characters
• Alphanumeric Regular Expression
• Special Characters Regular Expression

Expression Flags

Flags	Description
i	Ignore case sensitive.
g	Allows global search.
m	Allows multiline search.