Regular expression in oracle for hypen

Hi,
I want to match a word "{color:#993300}83-ASG{color}" using regexp_like and i used '{color:#993300}^83-*{color}' pattern to match this word but this also matches words like "{color:#993300}8307-YUF{color}". could anyone please tell me what pattern should i use to match words like {color:#993300}83-ASG{color}.
Also i need to know the similar pattern in oracle for the "{color:#993300}\b{}{color}" used in .net.
Thanks in advance.
Prasad

Hi Prasad,
Your regex could be as simple as '^83-'
So, not much use for a regular expression:
SQL> with test_data as (select '83-ASG' txt from dual union all
                   select '8307-YUF' from dual)
-- end of test data
select txt from test_data
where txt like '83-%'
TXT
83-ASG
1 row selected.Unless, you add some more value to it, perhaps like
SQL> with test_data as (select '83-ASG' txt from dual union all
                   select '8307-YUF' from dual)
-- end of test data
select txt from test_data
where regexp_like(txt, '^83-[[:upper:]]{3}$')
TXT
83-ASG
1 row selected.Regards
Peter

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