basic .net validation

[Gary]

Hello,

I would like to do several checks on a field "First name".

I would like to check for the following:

No numbers
No spaces
Two characters or more

Anyone know the best way to achieve this?

Regards,

Gary.

[Peter Bradley]

I assume that you also don't want characters like !"£$%^&*()_-+= and so on??

In which case:

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

Regex rx = new Regex(@"^[a-zA-Z]{2,}$");

if (rx.IsMatch(txtFirstName.Text))
{
...
}

Off the top of my head, but HTH
Peter

"Gary" <[e-mail] in message
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Hello,

I would like to do several checks on a field "First name".

I would like to check for the following:

No numbers
No spaces
Two characters or more

Anyone know the best way to achieve this?

Regards,

Gary.

[marss]

Peter Bradley wrote:

>
Regex rx = new Regex(@"^[a-zA-Z]{2,}$");

Hi,
For the "First name" field validation the expression [A-Z][a-z]+ maybe
will be more suitable.

[Peter Bradley]

Could be - but it wasn't what the spec said.

:o)
Peter

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>
Peter Bradley wrote:

>>
Regex rx = new Regex(@"^[a-zA-Z]{2,}$");

Hi,
For the "First name" field validation the expression [A-Z][a-z]+ maybe
will be more suitable.

[marss]

Peter Bradley wrote:

Could be - but it wasn't what the spec said.

:o)
Peter

It seems to be logical :), but I don't insist.

[Peter Bradley]

Whoever saw a logical spec??

Sorry, my cynicism is showing.
Peter
:)

"marss" <ma***@ukr.netwrote in message
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>
Peter Bradley wrote:

>Could be - but it wasn't what the spec said.

:o)
Peter

It seems to be logical :), but I don't insist.