[thelist] regex help - password pattern - javascript

[Frank]

At 02:52 PM 2005-09-26, you wrote:
>/^([\w][\d]{2,}){8,}$/
>
>I'm thinking this really only says one word char and 2 digits, 8 
>times...somewhat confused.


OOPS! I gapped out for a second

^([\w\d]{2,8})$

^ start string
         Remember
         (
         [any \word or \digit] {two to eight times repeated}
         )
$ end string

That's better.



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