How to check if a date string already has two forward slashes in it?

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I need your help,

Is there a way to code a javascript function that would regex and test a string or using any other means to check if a date string already has the two forward slashes in it? ie. dd/mm/yyyy

regex('04/07/2014') { return true }

Thanks in advance for all your help?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '14 at 14:22

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You can use a regex test:

/\/.*\//.test("04/07/2014")

answered Jul 04 '14 at 14:22

ikegami

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/\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{4}/ ? – mplungjan Jul 04 '14 at 14:35
@mplungjan, Well, you could use `/^\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{4}$/` to check if it's date-like, but the OP asked to check for two slashes. – ikegami Jul 04 '14 at 14:36
which will match //, no? – mplungjan Jul 04 '14 at 14:44
@mplungjan, Yes, it will match `//` as requested. – ikegami Jul 04 '14 at 14:57
which is what OP thinks he wants :) – mplungjan Jul 04 '14 at 15:00
@mplungjan, If he wants to check if he has a date (even though he said he had a date), he can use the pattern in the second comment. – ikegami Jul 04 '14 at 15:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '14 at 14:21

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You can use this regex:

/([^/]*\/){2}/

to check if input has at least 2 forward slashes.

answered Jul 04 '14 at 14:21

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Vlas Bashynskyi · Answer 3 · 2014-07-04T14:37:18.210

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use /\/.*\//.test( str ) it returns true if str has two forward slashes in it.

edited Jul 04 '14 at 14:37

answered Jul 04 '14 at 14:21

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How to check if a date string already has two forward slashes in it?

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