## Add regular expressions

You can define a <abbr title="A regular expression, regex or regexp is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern for strings.">regular expression</abbr> `pattern` that the parameter should match:

=== "Python 3.10+"

    ```Python hl_lines="11"
    {!> ../../../docs_src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial004_an_py310.py!}
    ```

=== "Python 3.9+"

    ```Python hl_lines="11"