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tested on ie6,ff3<br />

<pre><code id="code-246915">&lt;form onsubmit=&quot;return validateHeight(this);&quot;&gt;
&lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;personheight&quot;&gt;
&lt;input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;test height&quot;&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;  
&lt;script language=&quot;javascript&quot;&gt;
var pattern=new RegExp(&quot;^[0-9]+\'[ ]?[0-9]{1,2}[\&quot;]?$&quot;); 
function validateHeight(formObj){
//  alert(formObj.personheight.value);
  return (pattern.test(formObj.personheight.value));
//return false;
}
&lt;/script&gt;
</code></pre>
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tested on ie6,ff3


<form onsubmit="return validateHeight(this);">
<input type="text" name="personheight">
<input type="submit" value="test height">
</form>  
<script language="javascript">
var pattern=new RegExp("^[0-9]+\'[ ]?[0-9]{1,2}[\"]?$"); 
function validateHeight(formObj){
//  alert(formObj.personheight.value);
  return (pattern.test(formObj.personheight.value));
//return false;
}
</script>


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Thanks! &nbsp;I will accept your solution. I just realized how do I make the inches part of the height optional all together. ie &nbsp; 5'
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Thanks!  I will accept your solution. I just realized how do I make the inches part of the height optional all together. ie   5'

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or <br />
var pattern=new RegExp(&quot;^[0-9]+\'([ ]?[0-9]{1,2}[\&quot;]?|)$&quot;);<br />
if you didn't like space at tail
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or
var pattern=new RegExp("^[0-9]+\'([ ]?[0-9]{1,2}[\"]?|)$");
if you didn't like space at tail

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Thanks fsze88 so much, I would have never figured this out. 
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Thanks fsze88 so much, I would have never figured this out.

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I need a regular expression to allow a person to enter their height in the following format either<br />
5'10 &nbsp;or &nbsp;5'10&quot; making the quotation marks optional for the inches. There also could be a space between the feet and inches like 5' 10 or 5' 10&quot;.<br />
thanks for the help in advance.
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I need a regular expression to allow a person to enter their height in the following format either
5'10  or  5'10" making the quotation marks optional for the inches. There also could be a space between the feet and inches like 5' 10 or 5' 10".
thanks for the help in advance.

Regular Expression for Height of a Person to be entered in various formats

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