Regular Expressions

Hi!

I need to convert phone number.
If the phone number 1234567890 is entered, then on submit the number should be converted to (123)456-7890.
This what I got sofar.

function convert_telephone1() {
var temp7 = document.form1.telephone1.value;
temp7 = temp7.replace(temp7, /^\(?(\d{3})\)?[\.\-\/]?(\d{3})[\.\-\/]?(\d{4})$/); // Phone no. - Validation
document.form1.telephone1.value = temp7;
}
<input type="text" name="telephone1">
<input type="button" onClick="convert_telephone1();" value="Validate Phone number1">

* Could you also explain where I went wrong.

THANKS :mad:

/^\(?(\d{3})\)?[\.\-\/]?(\d{3})[\.\-\/]?(\d{4})$/
To dissect this:
/^ - begin regex and match beginning of string
\(? - match zero or one opening paren
(\d{3}) - match three digits and capture the match
\)? - match zero or one closing paren
[\.\-\/]? - match zero or one fullstop, backslach or slash
(\d{3}) - match three digits and capture the match
[\.\-\/]? - match zero or one fullstop, backslach or slash
(\d{4}) - match four digits and capture the match
$/ - match end of string and end regex


However, where you went wrong:
String.prototype.replace(regex,stringorcallback)
you got the order of the string and regex wrong.

Also, what do you want to do, really? Do you really want to replace that string?