GREP Expression for Varying Text

I have an index in which I'd like to Find/Change all the entries with a character style, but stop the GREP expression before the tab, leader, page numb. They vary though. Here are 3 indexed examples:
A16T-PVUNL-3
A-100-90-3CT-300
B-20-22-50-3/4 shank
Is there any way to constrict this to just the characters and digits, then stopping before the tab? I achieved it in another index whose entries are 7-digits only with this expression: ^(\d+)
The return constricted it so that search did not find the page numbers after the tabs.
Thanks.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSE33E49F9-94CE-4043-AA51-4761408A63F4a.html #WS6F1E524C-8F74-4331-A813-33D08F983E94 is the official help page.
You'll find a bunch of other resources listed here: http://community.adobe.com/help/search.html?searchterm=Nested+Styles&q=Nested+Styles&lbl=i ndesign_product_adobelr&x=0&y=0&area=0&lr=en_US&hl=en_US

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