Can I have my data input entry strictly in this format: AH-PT-001-A. As this variable will define my patient id, I wanted to be sure, there is no error in this format.
Requesting you to kindly help me on this.
Hi @Priyanka,
That’s called regex : “regular expression” you can learn about it in this wonderful article: Restricting Text Responses With Regular Expressions — KoboToolbox documentation
Depending on which parts of it should be exactly the same, (I assumed they need to write AH-PT-and a 3 digit number-and a capital lettter ) you can use following.
regex(., '^AH-PT-[0-9]{3}[-][A-Z]{1}$')
Note that enumerators should enter exactly:
AH-PT-3 DIGIT NUMBER-CAPITAL LETTER BETWEEN A and Z
Hope this helps, if not, don’t hesitate to ask.
Best,
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Thank you Hakan…it worked.
I have re-coded it
regex(., ‘^[AHMLSIVR]{2}[-][PT]{2}-[0-9]{3}[-][ABC]{1}$’)
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Thank you Kal for your support.
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