Validate field with space and character limit!

[shahid1]

Hello there,

I am trying to build some requirement here which goes like:-

i want to validate a particular field with minimum 6 characters without spaces.

I mean to say is if the user types "abcdef"(6 characters without space) or "a a a a a a"(6 characters with space) etc., the script should return true else it should return false.

i have already tried that with a script but its not working for me:-

function onSubmit() {

    //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

  var check = g_form.getValue('my variable field name here');

  var ok= /^\s*(\S\s*){6,}$/;

              if(check.test(ok))

  {

                      alert('Please Enter an appropriate name!');

                      return false;

  }

  else{

  return true;

  }

}

So any ideas on this?

Thanks,

Shahid

[shahid1]

Hi Mihir,

Your script finally worked well.

But there was only one problem in your script that your script was checking the character limit for multiple fields at a single go, hence popping up all the alerts at a time which might confuse the user:- as you have used only If conditions in it.

So to avoid that we can use if () {} -- else if () {}   -- .......for as many fields you want to validate. Apparently, same will be the no of "if" and "else ifs" conditions ,depending on the no of fields you want to validate. (Inside the else condition of your script).

Therefore each time the user submits the record, the script will keep on reminding the user with an alert each time of the submission.

Thanks for the script though, it works great!

RGDS,

Shahid

[artur11]

This expresion is kinda tricki because you have 6 characters and 5 space... I create it on fast and test on my instance. It works But you can put space after last character i dont have more time to upgrade regular expression. Check this please. If u want it on Submit just change function from onChange to onSubmit.

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading) {

  if (isLoading || newValue == '') {

  return;

  }

  var insertCode = g_form.getValue('u_requester_name');

  var matchPattern = /^([a-zA-Z][\s]?){6}$/;

  var myResult = matchPattern.test(insertCode);

  if (insertCode == '')

  g_form.hideErrorBox("u_requester_name");

  else if(!myResult){

  g_form.hideErrorBox("u_requester_name");

  g_form.clearValue('u_requester_name');

  g_form.showErrorBox("u_requester_name", "Error text here");

  }

  else

  g_form.hideErrorBox("u_requester_name");

}

Best,

Artur