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making a minimum number of characters in a field

Killian
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May 1, 2001, 11:32 PM

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making a minimum number of characters in a field	Can't Post

how do you make a script do one thing if there are x many characters or less in a form field and do something else if there are more than that many?

This is most likly obvious and I think i know how to do it, but when i tried it didn't work, probably some typo, or i just plumb dont know...

Jean
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May 2, 2001, 5:12 AM

Post #2 of 3 (387 views)

Re: making a minimum number of characters in a field [In reply to]	Can't Post

I'm not familiar with CGI at all, but after the submit button is pressed, you can use the following construct:

Code

if ( length($field) > $minlength ) { 
    print "Ok. \n"; 
} 
else { 
    print "Minimal requirement not met. \n"; 
}

Jean Spector
QA Engineer @ Extent Technologies, Ltd.
mage@lycosmail.com

Jasmine
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May 2, 2001, 3:15 PM

Post #3 of 3 (376 views)

Re: making a minimum number of characters in a field [In reply to]	Can't Post

You may also want to take a look at a previous thread: character count in a form

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