It is checking the entire length of the string... your pattern is not doing what you want.
I suggest you read up on regular expressions. Your regexp says: Match 1 character a-z, followed by any character zero or more times. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Josh <[email protected]> wrote: > > i have the following code in place to ensure that the user only enters > the letters a through z into the EditText control. > > if (Pattern.matches("[^a-z].*", DrawingName.getText().toString())) { > //do nothing for now > DrawingName.setText("WRONG"); > } > > The problem is it only checks the first character. How can I make it > check the entire length of the string? } > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
