Issue with Jquery Validation for Name ( Characters only )

Question

I'm having some trouble properly validating a name format with a predefined jquery validation tool ,

I want the name to accept characters only and i even used a correct regex but it is still accepting numbers .

This is what i added basically :

names: function(value, element) {
            return this.optional(element) || /^\w+$/.test(value);
        },

FULL JQUERY FILE :

file 2 : http://jsfiddle.net/qM4Uz/ (jquery.validate.js)

full : http://jsfiddle.net/EjSbd/ ( doesn't compile tho )

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '14 at 16:12

2

I far as I understand, you want letters only, so:

names: function(value, element) {
            return this.optional(element) || /^[a-zA-Z]+$/.test(value);

    },

answered Feb 04 '14 at 16:12

Toto

Worked perfectly - thanks . Need to learn regex again - i thought /w did not include numbers – John_Nil Feb 04 '14 at 17:47
@John_Nil: You're welcome. Here is an interesting site about regex: http://www.regular-expressions.info/ – Toto Feb 04 '14 at 17:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

0

Agree with M42:

\w matches any alphanumerical character (word characters) including underscore (short for [a-zA-Z0-9_]).

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Feb 04 '14 at 16:14

Fewster

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