Joana
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Prompt Box Validation
I have the below prompt box. I want user only to be able to enter in a-z or 0-9 not . ? ! # < > etc..
How do i do this
var sTitle = window.prompt('Please enter the new title:', '');
How do i do this
var sTitle = window.prompt('Please enter the new title:', '');
ASKER
Sorry i don't really get what i am meant to do. (it also has to work in NS 4.7 IE 4.0.1 and the Mac)
My Function :
// get a new title if required
if (sTag == 'retitle') {
var sTitle = window.prompt('Please enter the new title:', '');
if (sTitle == null || sTitle == '') {
return
}
cnt=0
while (cnt < 5) { // loop 5 times max.
ret = prompt // get value from user
RegExp ret // validate value
if RegExp==ok break; // in case its ok, leave loop
cnt++; // incr. counter
}
sURL = sURL + '&Title=' + sTitle
}
My Function :
// get a new title if required
if (sTag == 'retitle') {
var sTitle = window.prompt('Please enter the new title:', '');
if (sTitle == null || sTitle == '') {
return
}
cnt=0
while (cnt < 5) { // loop 5 times max.
ret = prompt // get value from user
RegExp ret // validate value
if RegExp==ok break; // in case its ok, leave loop
cnt++; // incr. counter
}
sURL = sURL + '&Title=' + sTitle
}
hmmm,
not sure if IE4 already knows regular expressions...
actually the code I gave you is a dummy, not working.
I'll figure out the regular expression part and come back in a couple of hours (its 4AM here; can't think anymore <g>).
maybe some other expert knows what I mean and provides the code in the meantime.
CirTap
not sure if IE4 already knows regular expressions...
actually the code I gave you is a dummy, not working.
I'll figure out the regular expression part and come back in a couple of hours (its 4AM here; can't think anymore <g>).
maybe some other expert knows what I mean and provides the code in the meantime.
CirTap
ASKER
Thanks Heaps :-)
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Maybe I'll say a strange thing, but why you use a predefined prompt? Easily you can create something like a prompt, and use onKeyPress event to check wich keys are entering the user. You can use a function to get and store the last correct value and return that value when the user enters a no-valid key.
jbosch(vosk)
jbosch(vosk)
I mean something like that:
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
var pos = 0, last;
function A()
{
var a = document.a.b.value.substri
var b = document.a.b.value.substr(
if (b == "?" || b == "!" || b == "#" || b == "<" || b == ">" || b == "¡")
{alert("no valid key")
document.a.b.value = a;
};
else
{pos++};
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table id="prompttable" width="40%">
<form name="a">
<input type="text" name="b" value="" onKeyUp="A();">
<input type="button" name="c" value="FINISH">
</form>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Of course that you have to modify the table and made it more similar to a prompt, and also you have to implement the list of keys that you don't let enter.
jbosch(vosk)
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
var pos = 0, last;
function A()
{
var a = document.a.b.value.substri
var b = document.a.b.value.substr(
if (b == "?" || b == "!" || b == "#" || b == "<" || b == ">" || b == "¡")
{alert("no valid key")
document.a.b.value = a;
};
else
{pos++};
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table id="prompttable" width="40%">
<form name="a">
<input type="text" name="b" value="" onKeyUp="A();">
<input type="button" name="c" value="FINISH">
</form>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Of course that you have to modify the table and made it more similar to a prompt, and also you have to implement the list of keys that you don't let enter.
jbosch(vosk)
Hi Joana,
I'd support Walbury's answer as it doesn't not really require another form, which may interfere with the current design of the page, AND more important: MSIE 4 does not have regular expressions so my first idea would not work anyways.
So his "dated" script is a very good and simple solution 'cos it's working and it's him to give the points :)
I'd change the form stuff into variables, which would make it look like this: (same as Walbury's but no FORM involved)
// this may go into the global part of your <script>
var goodChars="abcdefghijklmno
function stripit(BadText){
return=removeChars(BadText
}
function removeChars(strIn, charList){
var sOut = '';
for (iPos=0;iPos < strIn.length;iPos++) {
if (charList.indexOf(strIn.ch
sOut = sOut+strIn.charAt(iPos);
}
return sOut;
}
// this is inside your "validation" routine
if (sTag == 'retitle') {
var sTitle = window.prompt("Please enter the new title:\nCharacters other than a-z, A-Z, and 0-9 will be rejected", '');
sTitle = stripit(sTitle);
sURL = sURL + '&Title=' + sTitle;
}
I added the "valid chars" hint for the user. You should always tell the user what's possible.
CirTap
I'd support Walbury's answer as it doesn't not really require another form, which may interfere with the current design of the page, AND more important: MSIE 4 does not have regular expressions so my first idea would not work anyways.
So his "dated" script is a very good and simple solution 'cos it's working and it's him to give the points :)
I'd change the form stuff into variables, which would make it look like this: (same as Walbury's but no FORM involved)
// this may go into the global part of your <script>
var goodChars="abcdefghijklmno
function stripit(BadText){
return=removeChars(BadText
}
function removeChars(strIn, charList){
var sOut = '';
for (iPos=0;iPos < strIn.length;iPos++) {
if (charList.indexOf(strIn.ch
sOut = sOut+strIn.charAt(iPos);
}
return sOut;
}
// this is inside your "validation" routine
if (sTag == 'retitle') {
var sTitle = window.prompt("Please enter the new title:\nCharacters other than a-z, A-Z, and 0-9 will be rejected", '');
sTitle = stripit(sTitle);
sURL = sURL + '&Title=' + sTitle;
}
I added the "valid chars" hint for the user. You should always tell the user what's possible.
CirTap
ASKER
Hiya Guys I use the functions you guys gave me (without forms) and it does weird things like if i type in
Joana it give the title oana
It lets me put in illegal characters
Joana it give the title oana
It lets me put in illegal characters
ASKER
Sorry just relised what it is doing
it is removing capital letters
Do i need to put the capital letters into teh string or is there a way to make it ignore case
vosk: i don't know sorry. I am new to this so just do as i am told which was to use a prompt box - lol.
it is removing capital letters
Do i need to put the capital letters into teh string or is there a way to make it ignore case
vosk: i don't know sorry. I am new to this so just do as i am told which was to use a prompt box - lol.
Joana,
you're right with the caps. To keep things easy, just add them to the list of valid characters.
You may as well change any of the functions to work with upperCase, but this will get things a 'bit' more complicated.
The goodChars string is a very straightforward and easy to extend. The only drawbacks it has is, it required JavaScript to be active and it constantly runs through every character in the goodChars-string for every character in the string you want to check, so this may not receive an academy award for optimized programming, but it works in all JS-aware browsers - and that's what counts, right?
Just keep in mind, that if someone uses your page w/o JavaScript, it'll fail.
Have fun
CirTap
you're right with the caps. To keep things easy, just add them to the list of valid characters.
You may as well change any of the functions to work with upperCase, but this will get things a 'bit' more complicated.
The goodChars string is a very straightforward and easy to extend. The only drawbacks it has is, it required JavaScript to be active and it constantly runs through every character in the goodChars-string for every character in the string you want to check, so this may not receive an academy award for optimized programming, but it works in all JS-aware browsers - and that's what counts, right?
Just keep in mind, that if someone uses your page w/o JavaScript, it'll fail.
Have fun
CirTap
ASKER
Thank you both:-) (Site requirmenets are that they have to have JScript on - yay)
you can't with just the prompt.
You must accept what the user enters and then use a regular expression to validate the return value. If the validation fails, ask again and again...
You may put this in a conditional loop, but keep the condition to something like a counter that increments upon each failure.
here's a dummy code
cnt=0
while (cnt < 5) { // loop 5 times max.
ret = prompt // get value from user
RegExp ret // validate value
if RegExp==ok break; // in case its ok, leave loop
cnt++; // incr. counter
}
CirTap