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Validation in JavaScript

How to validate usernames in JavaScript?
Jan 9 '07 #1
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AricC
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What kind of username are you trying to validate? Do you want to simply validate that one exists? Or do you need a regex?
Jan 9 '07 #2
Allow alphabets,numbers and underscore in username
Jan 10 '07 #3
iam_clint
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  1. //alert on finding all letters
  2.     var noalpha = /^[a-zA-Z]*$/;
  3. if (noalpha.test(document.formname.fieldname.value)) {
  4.      alert("Please enter at least one number in the \"username\" field.");
  5.      return false;
  6. }
  7.  
  8. //alert on finding all numbers
  9. var nonums = /^[0-9]*$/;
  10. if (nonums.test(document.formname.fieldname.value)) {
  11.      alert("Please enter at least one letter in the \"username\" field.");
  12.      return false;
  13. }
  14.  
heres a small snippet to help get you started
Jan 10 '07 #4

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