Regular Expression Maximum Length

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12 Maj 2016 15:22

Good Morning! I have a regular expression set in my Display Form Validator text area box to limit the number of characters a user can enter to 250. I have the expression set to /^[a-zA-Z]{1,250}$/ however, when I enter "This is a test." into the text area, my error messages pops up. I'm very new to regular expression, does what I have look correct?

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  Permanently deleted user

  12 Maj 2016 15:54

  Hi Lisa,

   

  I'm not a regular expresison expert, so there may be a better way to do this, but your expression is only allowing lowercase a to z, and uppercase A to Z, not spaces or a period.  I just ran this through a regular expresison validator and your test sentance passed, so this may work for you:

   

  /^[a-zA-Z .]{1,250}$/

   

  This new expresison will allow spaces, and periods.  Note the space and period after the capital Z in your character set.  

   

  I hope this helps!

   

  Thanks,

   

  Danny

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  Permanently deleted user

  12 Maj 2016 20:15

  Thank you Danny! Once again you've saved the day!

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