jQuery with Selenium form validation

Question

I am trying to validate my form using Selenium ID but it's not passing the first name. I need it to only accept first name in letters no numbers. Below is the code:

function validateFrName(){

        if (frName.val() == "1"){
         frName.addClass("error");
        $("#firstNameErrorMsg").text("First name can only contain letters.");
        $("#firstNameErrorMsg").addClass("error");
        return false;

    } else if (frName.val().length <3){
        frName.addClass("error");
        $("#firstNameErrorMsg").text("Please enter your first name.");
        $("#firstNameErrorMsg").addClass("error");
        return false;
    }else{
        frName.removeClass("error");
        $("#firstNameErrorMsg").text("OK");
        $("#firstNameErrorMsg").removeClass("error");
        return true;
    }
}

@Leon smith, titling your question "Jquery please help me" isn't useful, a good title describing your issue is important. — Nathan Koop, Oct 12 '12 at 16:33
please accept my apologies, this is my first time asking a question on here. Thank you — Leon Smith, Oct 12 '12 at 16:34
again, welcome, I am confident that you can find a good answer to your question. Reading the FAQ is quick and painless — Nathan Koop, Oct 12 '12 at 19:03
@NathanKoop it is a text box where the user enters his first name. All i need really is a code to ONLY allow letters not a mix with numbers like steve1 or Sasha223. thank you — Leon Smith, Oct 12 '12 at 19:14

BINU VARGHESE · Answer 1 · 2012-10-12T17:07:22.407

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I didnt understand your question correctly. If you get your firstname via this "frName.val()", then why couldnt you try checking frName.val().substring(0,2)= 1 or 2 or 3 etc. Please tell me some more detail if you didnt get with this..

Please try this also

function valid()
{
var k=true;
for(i=0;i<frName.val().length-1;i++)
{
if ( frName.val().substring(i,i+1)=0 ||   frName.val().substring(i,i+1)=1)
{
k=false;
}
}
return k;
}

edited Oct 12 '12 at 17:07

answered Oct 12 '12 at 16:39

BINU VARGHESE

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Hello, the first If statement is just a mess around hence the matching to "1". I need some way to make it not accept e.g 1Steve or steve1 just letters only no numbers. Please try and help with easy coding like used above. Thanks – Leon Smith Oct 12 '12 at 16:42
I am sorry for that misunderstanding. frName.val() will return your first name. correct? – BINU VARGHESE Oct 12 '12 at 16:55
i am abit confused as its my first time using jquery. How can i implement the code above into mine? sorry for being a pain! – Leon Smith Oct 12 '12 at 17:25

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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See this jsFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/vHzKn/1/

The problem is with how you are grabbing the frName.

I have added a variable called firstName and assigned it the value of the textbox with the id of frName

var firstName = $("#frName").val();

I then validate based on the firstName variable.

Please note that the code sample in the jsfiddle doesn't find all numbers etc... that is a separate question. You should probably use a javascript validation library for that.

EDIT: Look at Check whether an input string contains number to find a regex to determine if a number exists in a string.

See this super simple jsfiddle with a jquery example: http://jsfiddle.net/XCYL7/

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Oct 12 '12 at 19:16

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That helps alot but is there no way to add more numbers as i can only use jquery for this project? thanks for your help and time – Leon Smith Oct 12 '12 at 19:32
thank you for your time and help. I have managed to get it working. Have a good day. Leon – Leon Smith Oct 13 '12 at 09:25
@LeonSmith was this answer the one that helped you? If so then an upvote and an accept is appreciated. – Nathan Koop Oct 13 '12 at 20:23

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