A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Todd
This is probably a simple one, but I have little experience with regexps.  I have a string that must only contain letters and/or numbers and be between 6 and 20 characters long.  So far, I have [a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20} but that only gets me 1/2 way there. Thanks! [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Sub

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Doom
^[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20}$ The ^ matches the beginning o the string and the $ the end. --Ben Doom Todd wrote: > This is probably a simple one, but I have little experience with > regexps.  I have a string that must only contain letters and/or numbers > and be between 6 and 20 characters long.  So fa

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Todd
; Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 3:55 PM Subject: Re: A little regexp help > ^[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20}$ > > The ^ matches the beginning o the string and the $ the end. > > --Ben Doom [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Doom
> characters long that contains _only_ letters and/or numbers.  No special > characters at all.  In the case of ^[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20}$ it allows special > characters once it finds at least 6 letters and/or numbers.  It's that > "only" part that is giving me trouble. Um.  No, it shouldn't.  I doesn't

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Jerry Johnson
Are you trying to FIND a valid string, an invalid string, or are you trying to FIX an invalid string? Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/25/04 04:04PM >>> Thanks, but doesn't quite do it.  I should probably clarify what I need.  I left out an important word last time. What I need to end up w

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Todd
t;Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:09 PM Subject: Re: A little regexp help > > characters long that contains _only_ letters and/or numbers.  No special > > characters at all.  In the case of ^[a-zA-Z0-9

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Todd
When someone adds or resets a password, I'm trying to make sure what they entered matches the pattern I described below. - Original Message - From: "Jerry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:14

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Doom
When I tested ^[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20}$ against "astrjuh" it matched, but not when I tested it against "astrjuh$". What version of CF are you using? --Ben Todd wrote: > Yes. > > It works correctly as long as there are not at least 6 alphanumeric > characters side by side.  Once there are 6 in a row

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Todd
-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:08 PM Subject: Re: A little regexp help > When I tested ^[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20}$ against "astrjuh" it matched, but not > when I tested it against "astrjuh$". > > What version of CF are you using? > &g

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Todd
MAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:20 PM Subject: Re: A little regexp help > 6.1 Enterprise > > I'm beginning to think it's some screwy thing with the pattern attribute. I > should probably just break it out into a seperate _javascript_ function and be > don

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Jerry Johnson
te _javascript_ function and be done with it. - Original Message - From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:08 PM Subject: Re: A little regexp help > When I tested ^[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20}$ against &q

Re: A little regexp help

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Doom
" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:20 PM > Subject: Re: A little regexp help > >  > 6.1 Enterprise >  > >  > I'm beginning to think it's some screwy thing with the pattern at