[Javascript] RegExp question

[Christopher Basken]

Hm...

var pattern = new RegExp("course\_(\d+)\_\d+","ig");

Nope, same results.  I also tried it with the / before course and stuff.


> how about escaping the under_score \_
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:05 PM
> To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] RegExp question
> 
> 
> I tried that, with...
> 
> var pattern = new RegExp("/course_/(\d+)_\d+","ig");
> 
> ...and...
> 
> var pattern = new RegExp("/course_(\d+)_\d+/","ig");
> 
> ...neither seems to work.
> 
> 
> > what about adding a / before course in the expression?
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> of
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> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu
> [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
> > Behalf Of Christopher Basken
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 2:32 PM
> > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> > Subject: [Javascript] RegExp question
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got a page with a bunch of form elements on it.  A bunch of
> > elements
> > are named "course_01_02" or "course_12_01" and so on.  I want to loop
> > through them and yank out the values of these elements, but since I
> also
> > need to know the digits, I need to match the numbers (not just the
> > beginning
> > "course").
> >
> > I've got this function:
> >
> > function FormValidation(theForm) {
> >
> >     for (var i = 0; i < theForm.length; i++) {
> >         var e = theForm.elements[i].name;
> >         var pattern = new RegExp("course_(\d+)_\d+","ig");
> >         alert(e.match(pattern)); // test
> >     }
> >
> > }
> >
> > But it keeps coming up Null.  According to the documentation at
> > developer.netscape.com, this should work.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Chris
> >
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