Java Regex to Validate Full Name allow only Spaces and Letters

Question

I want regex to validate for only letters and spaces. Basically this is to validate full name. Ex: Mr Steve Collins or Steve Collins I tried this regex.

Answer 1

@amal. This code will match your requirement. Only letter and space in between will be allow, no number. The text begin with any letter and could have space in between only. "^" denotes the beginning of the line and "$" denotes end of the line.

public static boolean validateLetters(String txt) {

    String regx = "^[a-zA-Z ]+$";
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regx,Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(txt);
    return matcher.find();

}