Help with regular expression...

[Noozer]

Not sure which newgroup would be best... but since this is being used in a
Javascript function on a web page I guess it could go here...

I'm looking for some help with a regular expression. Users can enter an
account number with or without hyphens. Format for an account number is
000-0000-0000.

Is there a regular expression I can use to ensure that the hyphens are
always there?
User input ->Result
12312341234 -> 123-1234-1234
123-12341234 -> 123-1234-1234

How about to always remove hyphens.
User input -> Result
123-1234-1234 -> 12312341234
1231234-1234 -> 12312341234

Finally, any regular expression to ensure that only 11 characters have been
entered and only digits have been entered. What changes would be need to
accept digits AND hyphens.
User input -> Result
123-1234-1234 = False
12312341234 = True
1231234ABCD = false
1231234123 = false
...with changes...
123-1234-1234 = True

 

[Michael Winter]

Not sure which newgroup would be best... but since this is being used in a
Javascript function on a web page I guess it could go here...

This group takes many subjects, but a scripting question is still a
scripting question, and I'd have asked in clj.

[snip]

Is there a regular expression I can use to ensure that the hyphens are
always there?
User input ->Result
12312341234 -> 123-1234-1234
123-12341234 -> 123-1234-1234

As simply a test:

/^\d{3}-\d{4}-\d{4}$/.test(accountNumber)

See below for the conversion form.

How about to always remove hyphens.
User input -> Result
123-1234-1234 -> 12312341234
1231234-1234 -> 12312341234

accountNumber = accountNumber.replace(/^(\d{3})-?(\d{4})-?(\d{4})$/,
'$1$2$3');

If you inserted hyphens into the string literal, you could do the reverse.

Note that the hyphens in the regular expression are followed by a
question mark (?), which indicates that they are optional. The
assignment statement above would cope with both input forms you presented.

Finally, any regular expression to ensure that only 11 characters have been
entered and only digits have been entered.
/^\d{11}$/

What changes would be need to accept digits AND hyphens.

I think the first case would cover that.

Mike

 

[Noozer]

Thanks! It's GREATLY appreciated!

Not sure which newgroup would be best... but since this is being used in a
Javascript function on a web page I guess it could go here...

This group takes many subjects, but a scripting question is still a
scripting question, and I'd have asked in clj.

[snip]

Is there a regular expression I can use to ensure that the hyphens are
always there?
User input ->Result
12312341234 -> 123-1234-1234
123-12341234 -> 123-1234-1234

As simply a test:

/^\d{3}-\d{4}-\d{4}$/.test(accountNumber)

See below for the conversion form.

How about to always remove hyphens.
User input -> Result
123-1234-1234 -> 12312341234
1231234-1234 -> 12312341234

accountNumber = accountNumber.replace(/^(\d{3})-?(\d{4})-?(\d{4})$/,
'$1$2$3');

If you inserted hyphens into the string literal, you could do the reverse.

Note that the hyphens in the regular expression are followed by a
question mark (?), which indicates that they are optional. The
assignment statement above would cope with both input forms you presented.

Finally, any regular expression to ensure that only 11 characters have been
entered and only digits have been entered.
/^\d{11}$/

What changes would be need to accept digits AND hyphens.

I think the first case would cover that.

Mike