Regex allow a string to only contain numbers 0 – 9 and limit length to 45

You are almost there, all you need is start anchor (^) and end anchor ($):

^[0-9]{1,45}$

\d is short for the character class [0-9]. You can use that as:

^\d{1,45}$

The anchors force the pattern to match entire input, not just a part of it.


Your regex [0-9]{1,45} looks for 1 to 45 digits, so string like foo1 also get matched as it contains 1.

^[0-9]{1,45} looks for 1 to 45 digits but these digits must be at the beginning of the input. It matches 123 but also 123foo

[0-9]{1,45}$ looks for 1 to 45 digits but these digits must be at the end of the input. It matches 123 but also foo123

^[0-9]{1,45}$ looks for 1 to 45 digits but these digits must be both at the start and at the end of the input, effectively it should be entire input.

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