password validation with reg exp

[Obi-Too]

I need to validate a password to only allow A-Z, a-z and 0-9. I
thought this would work:

function Validate()
{
var passphrase = document.all.ch allenge.value;

var re = /[a-zA-Z0-9]/;
if (!re.test(passp hrase))
{
alert("Please enter a valid password!");
return false;
}
else
{
return true;
}
}

however if the following is entered 045# - this is accepted a being
valid. What am i doing wrong?

thanks,

Obitoo

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: password validation with reg exp

obitoo@ziplip.c om (Obi-Too) writes:
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> I need to validate a password to only allow A-Z, a-z and 0-9. I
> thought this would work:[/color]
....[color=blue]
> var re = /[a-zA-Z0-9]/;[/color]

This RE matches any string that contain at least one digit or letter,
not just strings that contain only those.

Try
/^[a-z0-9]+$/i
This matches from the beginning of the string (^) to the end ($) and
between there are one or more letters or digits. The "i" means "ignore
case", so we don't have to write both a-z and A-Z.

Another test is
/[^a-z0-9]/i
this succeedes if the string contains any non-digit/letter. You can the
use
if (re.test(...)) { // password failed

/L
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