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Regular Expression Details

Title Test Find Is Valid XML Node Or Attribute Name
Expression
^[a-zA-Z_:]+[a-zA-Z_:\-\.\d]*$
Description
Valid XML Node or Attribute Names start with a letter <document>, an underscore <_record> or a colon (generally avoid using a colon) The next characters may be letters, digits, underscore, hyphens, periods and colons (but no whitespaces)
Matches
_1record | MyXMLTag | :ThisIsGr8
Non-Matches
1record | My XMLTag | ThisIs<Gr8
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