I'm not following your question. Could you give me an example? Jörn
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:24 PM, skidmarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
