Checking a field for invalid chars

[Astra]

Hi All

Is there anyway that before I submit a form I can check the contents of an
input field to see that it only contains letters and numbers.

Thanks

Robbie

[William Tasso]

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Astra <[e-mail]> said:

Hi All
How do you do?
Is there anyway that before I submit a form I can check the contents of
an
input field to see that it only contains letters and numbers.

yes - usual caveats apply.

What you want is a regular expression.

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[Safalra]

Astra wrote:

Is there anyway that before I submit a form I can check the contents of an
input field to see that it only contains letters and numbers.

Why did you start two threads on this subject? I've replied in the one
titled 'Stopping user from inputting anything other than letters and
numbers'.

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[Astra]

Hi William

I just can't find the Reg Exp syntax for just letters and numbers, eg A-Z,
a-z and 0-9.

Do you know what it is?

Regards

Robbie
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Astra <[e-mail]> said:

Hi All
How do you do?
Is there anyway that before I submit a form I can check the contents of
an
input field to see that it only contains letters and numbers.

yes - usual caveats apply.

What you want is a regular expression.

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[Dylan Parry]

Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Astra scraped:

I just can't find the Reg Exp syntax for just letters and numbers, eg A-Z,
a-z and 0-9.

[A-Za-z0-9]*

This will match zero or more letters and numbers. Replacing the * with a
+ will require one or more characters.

Of course, this will not match non-Latin letters or space characters
either, so you may have to fiddle with it if you require the ability to
use those.

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Dylan Parry <us****@dylanparry.com> said:

Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Astra scraped:

I just can't find the Reg Exp syntax for just letters and numbers, eg
A-Z, a-z and 0-9.

[A-Za-z0-9]*

This will match zero or more letters and numbers. Replacing the * with a
+ will require one or more characters.

Of course, this will not match non-Latin letters or space characters
either, so you may have to fiddle with it if you require the ability to
use those.

This may assist the o/p: http://www.regular-expressions.info/

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[Astra]

Hi Dylan

I used your example in my code:

if (!([A-Za-z0-9]*.test(document.form1.fred.value)))
{
......
}

but it generates a syntax error.

Do you know what I've done wrong?

Rgds Robbie
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Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Astra scraped:

I just can't find the Reg Exp syntax for just letters and numbers, eg A-Z,
a-z and 0-9.

[A-Za-z0-9]*

This will match zero or more letters and numbers. Replacing the * with a
+ will require one or more characters.

Of course, this will not match non-Latin letters or space characters
either, so you may have to fiddle with it if you require the ability to
use those.

--
Dylan Parry
http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references

[Dylan Parry]

Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Astra scraped:

<snip code />

but it generates a syntax error.

Do you know what I've done wrong?

Try:

var re = new RegExp("^[A-Za-z0-9]*$");
if (document.form1.fred.value.match(re)) {
alert("Okay");
}
else {
alert("Not Okay");
}

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[Michael Winter]

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On 11/08/2005 13:01, Dylan Parry wrote:

[snip]

var re = new RegExp("^[A-Za-z0-9]*$");
if (document.form1.fred.value.match(re)) {

I'd prefer:

var elem = document.forms.form1.elements;

if(!/^[A-Za-z0-9]*$/.test(elem.fred.value)) {
/* Bad */
}

Or perhaps:

if(!/^[^\W_]*$/.test(...)) {
/* Bad */
}

which is the same thing.

Mike

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[Mick White]

Astra wrote:

Hi Dylan

I used your example in my code:

if (!([A-Za-z0-9]*.test(document.form1.fred.value)))
{
.....
}

but it generates a syntax error.

Do you know what I've done wrong?

if (!/[a-z0-9]+/i.test(document.form1.fred.value))

Mick