Re: [osflash] Regular Expression Class?

Jim Tann Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:43:30 -0800

Quite right, thank you. I think that when I use regex in _javascript_ It is a little more forgiving. Never been that great with regex tho

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darron J. Schall
Sent: 24 February 2006 14:22
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Subject: Re: [osflash] Regular _expression_ Class?

The pattern you are using is [^A-Za-z0-9] which is actually "match any character except A-Z, a-z, and 0-9". The ^ at the front negates the pattern.

Also, you're not using any sort of repetition modifier such as *, +, ?, or {n,m}. How many characters do you want your password to be? Use + to signal "at least one".

So, you probably want to change the pattern to "[A-Za-z0-9]{4,8}" which will match any alphanumeric repeated from 4 to 8 times. Or use "[A-Za-z0-9]+" to match any alphanumeric character at least once. Then, when matches returns true your password is validated.

-d

function checkPass(strPassword:String):Boolean{

var regexPassword :Pattern = new Pattern("[^A-Za-z0-9]");

var matchPassword :Matcher = new Matcher(regexPassword, strPassword);

return matchPassword.matches();

}

It is always returning false, im sure my syntax is wrong. Can you point me in the right direction please?

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