I've changed my code to use addMethod, but I'm not terribly happy with the way it's working out. Would it be possible to use addMethod to create a validation function to which I could pass a 2nd parameter being the regular expression. If so, what would the rules: entry look like?
On Dec 5, 5:14 pm, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can safely remove the first modification, thats not necessary. Its > used for required only to move the method to the front (which is > actually a bad workaround). Anyway: > > I've commented on regex-methods > here:http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/addMethod#namemet... > > Please note: While the temptation is great to add a regex method that > checks it's parameter against the value, it is much cleaner to > encapsulate those regular expressions inside their own method. If you > need lots of slightly different expressions, try to extract a common > parameter. A library of regular > expressions:http://regexlib.com/DisplayPatterns.aspx > > Jörn > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:01 PM, skidmarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've created a useful addition to your class that you may want to > > include in a future version. > > > Set the value of the regex attribute to a regular expression. If any > > characters in the input don't match the regex, it returns false. Very > > handy. > > > Here's the source: > > > ------------------------------------------- In rules: > > > if (data.regex) { > > var param = data.regex; > > delete data.regex; > > data = $.extend({regex: param}, data); > > } > > > ------------------------------------------- Then in methods: > > > regex: function(value,element,param) { > > if (param) { > > var expression = new RegExp(param, "g"); > > return (value.replace(expression,"").length==0); > > } else { > > return true; > > } > > }, > > > ------------------------------------------- Usage: > > > regex: "\\b[a-zA-Z0-9()[EMAIL PROTECTED]"'?&* ]+\\b" > > > If the input contains any characters that aren't in that list, it > > validates as false.
