Form Validation

The Mighty Dubs

Hi,

I have a form validation and need to change it. Basically the validation checks a code entered by the user. There are 3 parts to the code, first part 3 alphanumerics, 2 part a year e.g. 2008, 3 part 3 numbers.

aaa/YYYY/nnn
e.g. ab1/2008/123

function validateItemID(input){
var validformat=/^[a-zA-Z0-9]{3}\/[0-9]{4}\/[0-9]*$/
if (!validformat.test(input.value)){
alert("Invalid Item ID format. Must be formatted \"aaa/YYYY/nnn\"")
return false }
else {
return true
}
}
I need to change the code so it will allow any amount of alphanumerics in the first part of the entered code.
Any help would be appreciated

DonkeyStyle \o/

My regex isn't great, but I think this'd work...

var validformat=/^[a-zA-Z0-9]{3}\/[0-9]{4}\/[0-9]*$/

Change that 3 to 0,15 ... which I think should allow anywhere between 0 and 15 alphanums for the first part... but make sure to test it out fully.

I've got this page bookmarked for when I have to deal with regular expressions.

The Mighty Dubs

savage stuff. that did the trick. Many thanks