Regex match string with possible spaces

Question

I am trying to create a RegEx that will find the string

02075517[

However this string sometimes has spaces so I would need it to match

020 75517[

and

0207 5517[

and

020 7551 7[

etc.

I've tried using this site here: http://www.regexr.com/ but can't quite get there.

Thanks very much

Ed

remove all the spaces then match with the numbers. No need for any regex. Simply use equals — Braj
– Braj, Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 11:58
Sorry perhaps I should have explained I am using regex with a tool called AJC Grep that searches word documents for strings — Ed Mozley
– Ed Mozley, Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 12:25

k-nut · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-04 11:57:45Z

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You can define a group to be matched. ([0-9 ]+\[) will match multiple numbers or spaces followed by a square bracket. See http://www.regexr.com/39rhh

answered Nov 4, 2014 at 11:57

k-nut

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Ed Mozley Over a year ago

Unfortunately this doesn't work because if the document contains 020a7551[ then it matches the 7551[ but I want to reject it because although there is 020 there is something that isn't a space i.e. 'a'

Ed Mozley Over a year ago

Would there be an expression to match 020 + anything that is a number or space + 7[

k-nut Over a year ago

Yes, simple put it at the beginning: (020[0-9 ]+\[) regexr.com/39rht

k-nut Over a year ago

or if you want a 7 in front of the square bracket: (020[0-9 ]+7\[) regexr.com/39ri0

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