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matchArray bees null for input like asklas@(((# How do I correct this behavior? I only want to allow characters and numbers..

function validateName(name) {
    debug(name);
    var namePat = /^(\[A-Za-z0-9]*)$/ ;
    var matchArray = name.match(namePat);
    if (!matchArray){
        debug ("Invalid name,", name );
        return false;
    } 
    return true;
}

matchArray bees null for input like asklas@(((# How do I correct this behavior? I only want to allow characters and numbers..

function validateName(name) {
    debug(name);
    var namePat = /^(\[A-Za-z0-9]*)$/ ;
    var matchArray = name.match(namePat);
    if (!matchArray){
        debug ("Invalid name,", name );
        return false;
    } 
    return true;
}

• javascript
• regex
• pattern-matching

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There is one erroneous backslash in your regex. It should be

var namePat = /^[A-Za-z0-9]*$/;

(and you don't need the capturing parentheses, either).

Not sure what you want in this case... if you want a boolean output, use .test:

namePat.test(name)

... but null will work for your test (!matchArray) just fine.

It does seem like you have a typo in your regular expression - you'll want to get rid of the backslash before the opening bracket...

matchArray bees null for input like asklas@(((# How do I correct this behavior? I only want to allow characters and numbers..

function validateName(name) {
    debug(name);
    var namePat = /^(\[A-Za-z0-9]*)$/ ;
    var matchArray = name.match(namePat);
    if (!matchArray){
        debug ("Invalid name,", name );
        return false;
    } 
    return true;
}

matchArray bees null for input like asklas@(((# How do I correct this behavior? I only want to allow characters and numbers..

function validateName(name) {
    debug(name);
    var namePat = /^(\[A-Za-z0-9]*)$/ ;
    var matchArray = name.match(namePat);
    if (!matchArray){
        debug ("Invalid name,", name );
        return false;
    } 
    return true;
}

• javascript
• regex
• pattern-matching

Share Improve this question Follow asked May 11, 2011 at 20:44 KiranKiran 5,5261313 gold badges6161 silver badges8585 bronze badges

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2 Answers 2

Sorted by: Reset to default 4

There is one erroneous backslash in your regex. It should be

var namePat = /^[A-Za-z0-9]*$/;

(and you don't need the capturing parentheses, either).

Not sure what you want in this case... if you want a boolean output, use .test:

namePat.test(name)

... but null will work for your test (!matchArray) just fine.

It does seem like you have a typo in your regular expression - you'll want to get rid of the backslash before the opening bracket...

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