regex returns false, when it should return true

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regex returns false, when it should return true

JohnMerlino

Hey all,

I have a regex here:

var NameValidator = { 

first_middle_last_with_first_middle : function(txt){ 

var regex = /^w{1,}\s\w{1}\s\w{1,}\s&W\s\w{1,}\s\w{1}$/ 
alert(regex.test(txt)); 
} 

} 



NameValidator.first_middle_last_with_first_middle('ROGELIO P DIAZ &W CLUADIA L'); 

})()

It alerts false. Why is the string failing? It should be matching.

Thanks for response

clueful

The first problem I see is the first character is expected to be a lowercase 'w'.

Kor

I suspect you wanted to be (see the blue escape):

var regex = /^[COLOR="Blue"]\[/COLOR]w{1,}\s\w{1}\s\w{1,}\s&W\s\w{1,}\s\w{1}$/

JohnMerlino

Kor;1159732 wrote:
I suspect you wanted to be (see the blue escape):
var regex = /^[COLOR="Blue"]\[/COLOR]w{1,}\s\w{1}\s\w{1,}\s&W\s\w{1,}\s\w{1}$/ 

yes, I missed the forward slash!

Declan1991

JohnMerlino;1159839 wrote:
yes, I missed the forward slash!

/ = forward slash.
\ = back slash.