Regular expression for decimal number

I need to validate a textbox input and can only allow decimal inputs like: X,XXX (only one digit before decimal sign and a precision of 3).

I'm using C# and try this ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]{1,2})?$?

^[0-9]([.,][0-9]{1,3})?$

It allows:

0
1
1.2
1.02
1.003
1.030
1,2
1,23
1,234

BUT NOT:

.1
,1
12.1
12,1
1.
1,
1.2345
1,2345

There is an alternative approach, which does not have I18n problems (allowing ',' or '.' but not both): Decimal.TryParse.

Just try converting, ignoring the value.

bool IsDecimalFormat(string input) {
  Decimal dummy;
  return Decimal.TryParse(input, out dummy);
}

This is significantly faster than using a regular expression, see below.

(The overload of Decimal.TryParse can be used for finer control.)

Performance test results: Decimal.TryParse: 0.10277ms, Regex: 0.49143ms

Code (PerformanceHelper.Run is a helper than runs the delegate for passed iteration count and returns the average TimeSpan.):

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using DotNetUtils.Diagnostics;

class Program {
    static private readonly string[] TestData = new string[] {
        "10.0",
        "10,0",
        "0.1",
        ".1",
        "Snafu",
        new string('x', 10000),
        new string('2', 10000),
        new string('0', 10000)
    };

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        Action parser = () => {
            int n = TestData.Length;
            int count = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
                decimal dummy;
                count += Decimal.TryParse(TestData[i], out dummy) ? 1 : 0;
            }
        };
        Regex decimalRegex = new Regex(@"^[0-9]([\.\,][0-9]{1,3})?$");
        Action regex = () => {
            int n = TestData.Length;
            int count = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
                count += decimalRegex.IsMatch(TestData[i]) ? 1 : 0;
            }
        };

        var paserTotal = 0.0;
        var regexTotal = 0.0;
        var runCount = 10;
        for (int run = 1; run <= runCount; ++run) {
            var parserTime = PerformanceHelper.Run(10000, parser);
            var regexTime = PerformanceHelper.Run(10000, regex);

            Console.WriteLine("Run #{2}: Decimal.TryParse: {0}ms, Regex: {1}ms",
                              parserTime.TotalMilliseconds, 
                              regexTime.TotalMilliseconds,
                              run);
            paserTotal += parserTime.TotalMilliseconds;
            regexTotal += regexTime.TotalMilliseconds;
        }

        Console.WriteLine("Overall averages: Decimal.TryParse: {0}ms, Regex: {1}ms",
                          paserTotal/runCount,
                          regexTotal/runCount);
    }
}

\d{1}(\.\d{1,3})?

Match a single digit 0..9 «\d{1}»
   Exactly 1 times «{1}»
Match the regular expression below and capture its match into backreference number 1 «(\.\d{1,3})?»
   Between zero and one times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy) «?»
   Match the character “.” literally «\.»
   Match a single digit 0..9 «\d{1,3}»
      Between one and 3 times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy) «{1,3}»


Created with RegexBuddy

Matches:
1
1.2
1.23
1.234