I'm a VB/Notes guy looking for the equivalent of Like and/or @Contains in JS

[mastro78]

I'm working on Input Validation using the JS Header in my Notes app. I originally had formulas in Notes that was doing this, but now I've taken it to the web. So, after redoing the majority of the formulas in JS, I came to one input validation that wasn't within the realm of comparisons in JS. I'm looking that if mystr contains "." then alert, etc. But I can't seem to find anything in JS that is similar. Please advise. Thank you for your help!

[gits]

hi ...

you may use a regExp for this, like:

[CODE=javascript]var s = 'my.string';

var val = /[.]/g.test(s);

// now val is true here
[/CODE]
have a look here for more details. you could even use indexOf();

[CODE=javascript]var s = 'my.string';

var val = s.indexOf('.');

// val is 2 here ... when there is no . then it would be -1
[/CODE]
kind regards

[mastro78]

hi ...

you may use a regExp for this, like:

[CODE=javascript]var s = 'my.string';

var val = /[.]/g.test(s);

// now val is true here
[/CODE]
have a look here for more details. you could even use indexOf();

[CODE=javascript]var s = 'my.string';

var val = s.indexOf('.');

// val is 2 here ... when there is no . then it would be -1
[/CODE]
kind regards

thank you
here is what I have
[CODE=javascript] var dcm = /^.$/
form = document.forms[0];
objField = form.QtyLb;
if( objField.match( dcm)) {
objField.focus( );
alert("Please adjust your weight to whole number.");
return false;
}[/CODE]
how would I go about plugging in what you offered given the input validation I have?

[gits]

what do you really want to check? your current regEx matches a single point ... ?

[mastro78]

what do you really want to check? your current regEx matches a single point ... ?

If what is entered has a decimal point. That is what I'm looking to check for.

[gits]

the regExp:

[CODE=javascript]
var re = /[.]/;
[/CODE]
matches in case there is any decimal-point in the string ... and you should check the value of your field ... not the field itself:

[CODE=javascript]objField.value[/CODE]
kind regards