special character check in text box

[jeyabarani]

Hi guys,

I want to check whether the user has entered any special characters in a text box.

If the user enters, i want to display an alert message stating that he cant enter a special character (like Ç).

I have written a code wherein i am specifying the list of characters that are not allowed.

It would be better if i can give a list of characters that are allowed instead of list of characters that are not allowed. And check whether any of the character in the text box, is not in the list.

Can u guys suggest me how to go about doing it.

here is my piece of code:

var iChars = "!@#$%^&*() +=-[]\\\';,./{}|\":<>Ç?";
for (var i = 0; i < document.basic_ submit_form.com p_name.value.le ngth; i++) {
if (iChars.indexOf (document.basic _submit_form.co mp_name.value.c harAt(i)) != -1) {
errorMsg += "* Company name entered has special characters. Please remove them and try again.\n";
noOfErr ++;
}
}

[dmjpro]

Hi guys,

I want to check whether the user has entered any special characters in a text box.

If the user enters, i want to display an alert message stating that he cant enter a special character (like Ç).

I have written a code wherein i am specifying the list of characters that are not allowed.

It would be better if i can give a list of characters that are allowed instead of list of characters that are not allowed. And check whether any of the character in the text box, is not in the list.

Can u guys suggest me how to go about doing it.

here is my piece of code:

var iChars = "!@#$%^&*() +=-[]\\\';,./{}|\":<>Ç?";
for (var i = 0; i < document.basic_ submit_form.com p_name.value.le ngth; i++) {
if (iChars.indexOf (document.basic _submit_form.co mp_name.value.c harAt(i)) != -1) {
errorMsg += "* Company name entered has special characters. Please remove them and try again.\n";
noOfErr ++;
}
}

Welcome to TSDN!!!

Do u know regular expression?
Then it wud be better to handle.
You can check the key value range.

//in IE ...
event.keyCode
//In others
event.which
 

[jeyabarani]

But I want to allow the user to enter the special characters in the text field.
The alert message will be shown only when the form is submitted.

As i understand, keyCode checks the key that is typed.

Can u suggest with unicode?


Thanks

[acoder]

But I want to allow the user to enter the special characters in the text field.
The alert message will be shown only when the form is submitted.

As i understand, keyCode checks the key that is typed.

Can u suggest with unicode?

Use regular expressions, but check when you submit the form.

See tutorial link and specifically for Javascript.

Use the form onsubmit event handler to call a validation function.