[thelist] regex help - password pattern - javascript

Anthony Ettinger apwebdesign at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 26 16:30:12 CDT 2005


--- Frank <lists at frankmarion.com> wrote:

> 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


I thought he wanted 8 (and only 8) word characters,
and 2 and only 2 digits.

([\w\d]{2,8}) would be min 2 and max 8 of either.

Anthony Ettinger
ph: (408) 656-2473
blog: http://www.chovy.com

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