Why am I getting an false return for this regular expression?

[Patrick Gibbons]

var Foo = ValidateForNumb ("111", 3, 5, "Warning goes here")

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function ValidateForNumb (strEntry, intMin, intMax, strWarning)
{
var blnOK = /^\d{intMin,intM ax}$/.test(strEntry) ;
if ((blnOK == false) && (strEntry.lengt h > 0))
{
alert(strWarnin g);
return false;
}
return strEntry;
}

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What's odd is that I when I use hard coded min and max, it comes back as
true . . .

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function ValidateForNumb (strEntry, intMin, intMax, strWarning)
{
var blnOK = /^\d{3,5}$/.test(strEntry) ;
if ((blnOK == false) && (strEntry.lengt h > 0))
{
alert(strWarnin g);
return false;
}
return strEntry;
}

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I can't imagine that javascript can't use the variable, am I doing something
wrong here? What am I missing?

Please contact me if you have any questions,

Patrick Gibbons
fnkleroi@hotmai l.com

[Mark Szlazak]

Re: Why am I getting an false return for this regular expression?

JavaScript regex literals are hard-coded. You'll have to dynamically
build your pattern as a string and use it with

new RegExp(pattern)



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