For example:

addMethod("buga", function(value, regex) {
  var expression = new RegExp(regex, "g");
  return (value.replace(expression,"").length==0);
}

how then would I call buga from the rules section of my form
definition?


On Dec 8, 11:49 am, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 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.
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