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reg_exp problems - Dogen - Nov 8th, 2011
I need to validate an e-mail field with the following format:
first.last@dfw.wa.gov
The expression I've come up with validates perfectly in regex validation tools, but when applied to the validation script it does not seem to work correctly.
rules.push("reg_exp,email,^([a-zA-Z-']+)\.([a-zA-Z-']+)@(dfw|DFW)\.(wa|WA)\.(gov|GOV)$,Please enter your WDFW e-mail address in the following format: first.last@dfw.wa.gov");
The first or last names may contain alpha characters, dashes and/or apostrophes. The validation script does not like the begin/end string characters but if I leave them out a person could enter name.name.name.name@dfw.wa.gov
Any advice would be appreciated!
RE: reg_exp problems - Ben - Nov 8th, 2011
Hi Dogen,
Yeah, I think I ran into this problem myself. Try double-escaping any backslashes.... I think that may have resolved it for me.
- Ben
RE: reg_exp problems - Dogen - Nov 8th, 2011
I think that solved it. Thanks Ben! I was batting my head against a wall trying to figure out why it wasn't working once inserted into the validation script.
(Nov 8th, 2011, 10:09 AM)Ben Wrote: Hi Dogen,
Yeah, I think I ran into this problem myself. Try double-escaping any backslashes.... I think that may have resolved it for me.
- Ben
RE: reg_exp problems - Ben - Nov 10th, 2011
Excellent!
