How to select a word only with single character using regex?

Question

I have more words -like apple, orange, banana, a , b , c. i want to select a word with single character only using regex? what to do?

i mean only a, b, c.(answer)

Could anyone help me?

where is your current regex? – Amit Joki Oct 14 '14 at 12:19 — Amit Joki, Oct 14 '14 at 12:19
@Ani You mean this `\b[A-Za-z]\b` ? – Avinash Raj Oct 14 '14 at 12:20 — Avinash Raj, Oct 14 '14 at 12:20

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:21

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This should match a single letter between word boundaries

/\b(\w)\b/

answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:21

fallenland

With the caveat that it won't work on non-ASCII characters: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10590098/javascript-regexp-word-boundaries-unicode-characters – Gene Gotimer Oct 14 '14 at 12:22

simonzack · Answer 2 · 2014-10-14T12:33:11.020

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The following matches single-character words. \b matches a word boundary, and \w a word character.

\b\w\b

edited Oct 14 '14 at 12:33

answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:20

simonzack

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