You could try this... \b[(\d+|\w+)]{6,12}\b
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Alvarado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:08 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RegEx help Hello all, Im a bit rusty with regular expressions and I know this is an easy one so im kicking myself for not having it that much more. Im simply trying to ensure that a given string has between 6 and 12 characters and contains at least 1 numeric character. Any help would be greatly appreciated! -chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261899 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4