> I need a regular expression to verify various inputs
> on my form. I know the base case of:
> 
> "^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$"
> 
> matches any letter or number. I'm looking for various
> input from the list as to what characters should be
> allowed in the following fields:
> 
> Name: I would think -, ', and space for sure. Anything
> else I don't know. I don't know how to write the
> expression for this though. I tried escaping the -
> like \-, but that doesn't work.

Allow a period, too, for names like "St. Laurent"
"^[-a-zA-Z0-9' .]+$"

> Street Address: Same as above, with #

Again, periods for "Ave."
"^[-a-zA-Z0-9#' .]+$"
 
> City: Just '  ??

I'd allow space and period, too, for "Ft. Gordon" for example.

"^[-a-zA-Z0-9' .]+$"

> As I said, I'm looking for input, and how to actually
> write these expressions.

Hope that helps.

---John Holmes...



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