javascript regexp problem

sunnynosid · 02-22-2012, 05:07 PM

I am trying to get an alert when user type a digit in my textbox and i made this code:

<script type=text/javascript>

</script>
<body>
<input type=text id=firstname />
<input type=button value=Submit onclick="allowed();" />
</body>

But when i click the button then nothing happen. Please help me. Thanks.

Philip M · 02-22-2012, 05:20 PM

Code:

<script type = "text/javascript">

function allowed() {
var str=document.getElementById('firstname').value; 
if (/[^a-z\'\-]/gi.test(str)) {
alert ("Invalid input - only letters, hyphen and apostrophe are allowed");
document.getElementById('firstname').value = "";  // clear the field
setTimeout("document.getElementById('firstname').focus()", 10);  // refocus on it
return false;
}
}

</script>

<input type=text id= "firstname" />
<input type="button" value="Submit" onclick="return allowed();" />

Remember that a proper name my include a hyphen (Mary-Lou) and/or an apostrophe (O'Hara).

The  comment (hiding) tags have not been necessary since IE3 (i.e. since September 1997). If you see these in some published script it is a warning that you are looking at ancient and perhaps unreliable code.

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