Regular Expression request

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I want the user to enter four or more words in a TextBox and It's optional
Is there a regular expression for that.
please Help

Posted 18-Apr-12 21:06pm

kareem salem

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Deepak_Sharma_ 19-Apr-12 3:09am

Four or more words or letters?

kareem salem 19-Apr-12 3:14am

words I want the user to enter his full name

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Apr-12 3:18am

Most of the user's won't be qualified... :-)
--SA

2 solutions

Solution 1

hi,
Try this expression:

HTML

ValidationExpression="^.{4,}$"

for learn regular expersions read this article :
Learn Regular Expressions (RegEx) with Ease[]

Posted 18-Apr-12 21:13pm

hamid-shrk

Updated 18-Apr-12 21:18pm

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AmitKumar89 · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-18T21:16:00

Solution 2

Hi there,

Use this JS in your button click.

JavaScript

function countWords(){
   var txt=$find("TextBox1");
   if(txt.value.split(' ').length < 4){
      alert("Please input 4 or more words")
      return false;
   }
   return true;
}

All the best..

Posted 18-Apr-12 21:16pm

AmitKumar89