On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the tips, Brian! > > That gave me just the insight I needed. > > Here's what I finally ended up with: > > if ( isNaN (this.value.replace(/\$|,|\./g,''))) > > That disregards any $ or , or . (commonly used US dollar symbols) > to tell me if what is left is a number, which I can parse and > store in my database as numeric. > > I didn't understand the | as "or". > > Also, what is the g for? >
The g is for 'global', meaning that it will match all occurrences.
