C# Regex - Accept spaces in a string

Question

I have an application which needs some verifications for some fields. One of them is for a last name which can be composed of 2 words. In my regex, I have to accept these sp

Answer 1

You need to escape the last - character - ñ-\s is parsed like the range a-z:

@"^[a-zA-Zàéèêçñ\s][a-zA-Zàéèêçñ\-\s]+$"

See also on Regex Storm: [a-\s] , [a\-\s]