SoapUI Xpath assertion: match the exact length of the field

Question

I need to match, exact length of a string and I'm using below code for that :

declare namespace 
ns123='urn:lt:sb:xmlns:services:customers:customerinformationfile:GetCustByGlobalId:1.2';
matches(//ns123:legalCode, "[0-9-]{10}")

Problem is that it works only for greater length (for example, if field content is 11, it fails, but it doesn't, if the content is 9).

Answer 1

Try

^[0-9-]{10}$

instead of your [0-9-]{10}

Your expression just checks that there is a substring of 10 digits or dashes in your string. Wrap it with ^..$ to specify that it should strictly fall between start and end of your string.