Restrict letters in question type text

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I want to request your help. In a text type question, how can I restrict the entry of letters and allow only numbers and the hyphen symbol “-”.

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Hi @inesen2021gt, welcome to the community! Please have a look at the support article below and see if it solves your need :slightly_smiling_face:

https://support.kobotoolbox.org/restrict_responses.html

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see the article, however it did not work for me, because it allows me to enter numbers at the beginning and then letters. The function you use is the following: regex (., ‘[0-9 -]’)

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Hi @inesen2021gt, you need to ensure you enclose the expression between the start and end characters: ^ and $.

regex(., '^[0-9-]+$')
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Thanks for the help @Josh , it worked fine for me. Regards.

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