Form Vaildation

[Gregc.]

Hi
I am a newbie to JavaScript and programming. I am trying to Vaildate a
form that contains name, address, email etc.

I was wondering if it is possible to have a function within a function
ie

Function validateForm() {
Function validate emailaddress{
code
}
}

Could someone direct me in the right direction.

Greg

[Danny]

Check for data validation premade ones at
http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml .

Danny

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <11**********************@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>
, dated Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:22:22 remote, seen in
news:comp.lang.javascript, Gregc. <gr*********@bigpond.composted :

>I am a newbie to JavaScript and programming. I am trying to Vaildate a
form that contains name, address, email etc.

Don't fool yourself into thinking that an E-mail address can be fully
validated, or that it is worth attempting a detailed format check. I
see no sense in doing more than to check that the field contains
something which looks like an attempt at an E-address - RegExp
/.+@.*\..+/ for example.

Don't assume, except for local use, that postal address patterns match
your local usage.

Don't assume that names consist only of letters and spaces : "Alfred,
Lord Tennyson" and "Alfred Lord Tennyson" are two quite different
people.

Read the newsgroup FAQ, and <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-
valid.htm>.

>I was wondering if it is possible to have a function within a function
ie

i.e.

>Function validateForm() {
Function validate emailaddress{
code
}
}

Could someone direct me in the right direction.

Provided that you write it "function" and omit the erroneous space, yes.
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