simple reg expression

[teroy]

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone knew the syntax to write code for the following.

I want to have an alert box that pops up if the value in a input type contains a non alpha numeric character ie "%$#"

so i would do the following

function checkform()
{
if ("don't know what syntax to use in here&quot{
alert("You must enter a value which only contains alphanumeric characters&quot
return false
}
else{
return true
}
}

<FORM name=&quot;form&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;&quot; onSubmit=&quot;return checkform()&quot;>
<input type=text name=bleah>
<snip>
</form>


Thanks in Advance

 

[rycamor]

Here is an excellent JS library for form validation I found a couple of years ago at

http://developer.netscape.com.

It should be pretty easy to modify these to fit your needs:

// Validate.js
// Some Routines for HTML-Form Validation


  function returnSelection(radioField)
    {
    var selection = null;
    for (i=0; i < radioField.length; i++)
        {
        if (radioField[i].checked)
           {
           selection=radioField[i].value;
           return selection; 
           }
        }
    return selection; 
    }

  // Check if Field contains something
  function ContainsSomething(Field)
   {
   if ((Field.type == &quot;text&quot;) || (Field.type == &quot;textarea&quot;))
      {
      if (Field.value == &quot;&quot;)
         {
         return false;
         }
      }
   else
      {   
      if (returnSelection(Field) == null)
         {
         return false;
         }
      }

   return true;
   }
   
  // Check for valid (ie containg &quot;@&quot;, &quot;.&quot;, 
  // and more than 6 characters) email-address in Field
  function IsValidEmail(Field)
    {
   if (!ContainsSomething(Field))
      {
      return false;
      }
    if (Field.value.indexOf(&quot;@&quot;)==-1  
        || Field.value.indexOf(&quot;.&quot;)==-1 
        || Field.value.indexOf(&quot; &quot;)!=-1 
        || Field.value.length<6)
       {
       return false;
       }
    else
       {
       return true;
       }
    }   
  
  // Check if Field contains a valid date of the form dd/mm/yy
  function IsValidDate(Field)
    {
   if (!ContainsSomething(Field))
      {
      return false;
      }
    var indate=Field.value;
    var sdate = indate.split(&quot;/&quot;)
  
    var chkDate = new Date(Date.parse(indate))

    var cmpDate = (chkDate.getMonth()+1)+
                   &quot;/&quot;+(chkDate.getDate())+
                   &quot;/&quot;+(chkDate.getYear())
    var indate2 = (Math.abs(sdate[0]))+&quot;/&quot;+(
                   Math.abs(sdate[1]))+
                   &quot;/&quot;+(Math.abs(sdate[2]))
    if (indate2 != cmpDate || cmpDate == &quot;NaN/NaN/NaN&quot;)
       {
       return false
       }
    else 
       {
       return true;
       }	
    }

  // Check if Field contains numeric data only
  function IsNum(Field) 
    {
   if (!ContainsSomething(Field))
      {
      return false;
      }
    theNum = parseFloat(Field.value);
    if (Field.value != '' + theNum)
       {
       return false;
       }
    return true;
    }

  // Check if Field contains only letters
  function IsOnlyLetters(Field)
   {
   if (!ContainsSomething(Field))
      {
      return false;
      }
   var Letters = &quot;ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÜÖÄ'´&quot;
   for (i=0; i < Field.value.length; i++)
       {
       var CheckChar = Field.value.charAt(i);
       CheckChar = CheckChar.toUpperCase();
       if (Letters.indexOf(CheckChar) == -1)
          {
          return false;
          }
       }
       return true;
    }

  // Check if Field contains only digits in range Min to Max
  function IsInRange(Field, Min, Max)
    {
    if (IsNum(Field) == false)
       {
       return false;
       }
    if (Field.value < Min || Max < Field.value) 
       {
       return false;
       }
    return true;
    }

  // Check if Field is not equal to strCompare
  function IsNotEqual(Field, strCompare)
    {
    if (Field.value== strCompare)
       {
       return false;
       }
    return true;
    }

  function isCreditCard(st)
   {
   if (st.length > 19)
      {
      return (false);
      }
   sum = 0; mul = 1; l = st.length;
   for (i = 0; i < l; i++) 
       {
       digit = st.substring(l-i-1,l-i);
       tproduct = parseInt(digit ,10)*mul;
       if (tproduct >= 10)
          {
          sum += (tproduct % 10) + 1;
          }
       else
          {
          sum += tproduct;
          }
       if (mul == 1)
          {
          mul++;
          }
       else
          {
          mul--;
          }
       }
    if ((sum % 10) == 0)
       {
       return (true);
       }
    else
       {
       return (false);
       }
    }

  function IsVisa(cc)
    {
    if (((cc.length == 16) || (cc.length == 13)) && (cc.substring(0,1) == 4))
       {
       return isCreditCard(cc);
       }
    return false;
    } 
  function IsMasterCard(cc)
    {
    firstdig = cc.substring(0,1);
    seconddig = cc.substring(1,2);
    if ((cc.length == 16) && (firstdig == 5) && ((seconddig >= 1) && (seconddig <= 5)))
       {
       return isCreditCard(cc);
       }
    return false;
    } 

  function IsAmericanExpress(cc)
    {
    firstdig = cc.substring(0,1);
    seconddig = cc.substring(1,2);
    if ((cc.length == 15) && (firstdig == 3) && ((seconddig == 4) || (seconddig == 7)))
       {
       return isCreditCard(cc);
       }
    return false;
    } 

  function IsValidCC(Field)
    {
    tempString = &quot;&quot;;
    bag = &quot;- &quot;;
    for (i = 0; i < Field.value.length; i++)
        {   
        var c = Field.value.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) tempString += c;
        }
    cc = tempString;
    if (!isCreditCard(cc))
       {
       return false;
       }
  if (!IsMasterCard(cc) && !IsVisa(cc) && !IsAmericanExpress(cc))
     {
     return false;
     }
  return true;
  }

There is a lot more sophisticated code than this available if you really spend some time searching sites like

http://www.dynamicdrive.com,

http://www.webreference.com,

http://www.siteexperts.com,

http://www.hotscrips.com,

etc...

 

[teroy]

Thanks for the functions rycamor! I guess what i need is make a combination of
function IsNum(Field)
and
function IsOnlyLetters(Field)