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PERL Regular Expression for a validation form

vladik86
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Feb 12, 2015, 10:39 AM

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PERL Regular Expression for a validation form	Can't Post

Hello all...
To begin with, i don't know PERL and my english is bad, so, I’ll try to explain you what i need.
I need Regular Expression that can validate a form having this syntax XXX.YYY.XYYY.X (where X are letters and Y are numbers)... so, in total, 5 letters 6 numbers and 3 dot.
I am not sure I managed to explain myself. I hope you can help me.

FishMonger
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Feb 12, 2015, 11:08 AM

Post #2 of 14 (38900 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

/^[a-z]{3}\.\d{3}\.[a-z]]d{3}\.[a-z]$/i

vladik86
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Feb 12, 2015, 11:16 AM

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Re: [FishMonger] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

/^[a-z]{3}\.\d{3}\.[a-z]]d{3}\.[a-z]$/i

Thanks, i tried, but this expression validate only a "dot". i can put only number with 3 "dot" at the end, and the field is validated anyway

FishMonger
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Feb 12, 2015, 11:25 AM

Post #4 of 14 (38893 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

That regex will match the exact pattern that you stated.

Does your string contain anything else besides the pattern that you need to match?

Please post the string that you're needing to validate and the code you used to do the validation.

EDIT:
Oops, I see a typo in the regex which breaks it. Change it to this:

Code

/^[a-z]{3}\.\d{3}\.[a-z]\d{3}\.[a-z]$/i

(This post was edited by FishMonger on Feb 12, 2015, 11:34 AM)

vladik86
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Feb 12, 2015, 11:32 AM

Post #5 of 14 (38890 views)

Re: [FishMonger] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

There are the serial number of each operator
exsample string: CPS.045.F110.U or FAS.451.Y435.Q

FishMonger
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Feb 12, 2015, 11:36 AM

Post #6 of 14 (38885 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

Remove the start and end anchors.

Code

/[a-z]{3}\.\d{3}\.[a-z]\d{3}\.[a-z]/i

vladik86
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Feb 12, 2015, 11:50 AM

Post #7 of 14 (38883 views)

Re: [FishMonger] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

Don't work "Not a valid input"
I tried to use both uppercase and lowercase

(This post was edited by vladik86 on Feb 12, 2015, 11:51 AM)

FishMonger
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Feb 12, 2015, 11:51 AM

Post #8 of 14 (38880 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

Post your code!!

vladik86
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Feb 12, 2015, 12:06 PM

Post #9 of 14 (38876 views)

Re: [FishMonger] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

I haven't a code...it's a configuration for one joomla registration form http://puu.sh/fPxWx/8edc931bce.png

FishMonger
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Feb 12, 2015, 12:18 PM

Post #10 of 14 (38871 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

I have no idea how your joomla registration form processes and tests the regex so I can't say why it doesn't validate.

Here's my test code and results that show that the regex DOES validate the pattern/string you specified.

Code

c:\test>type validate.pl 
#!/perl 
 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
 
my $str = 'CPS.045.F110.U or FAS.451.Y435.Q'; 
 
if ($str =~ /[a-z]{3}\.\d{3}\.[a-z]\d{3}\.[a-z]/i) { 
    print "Valid Input\n"; 
} 
else { 
    print "Invalid Input\n"; 
}

Code

c:\test>validate.pl 
Valid Input

FishMonger
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Feb 12, 2015, 12:23 PM

Post #11 of 14 (38867 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

You might need to post your question on a forum specifically related to joomla.

vladik86
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Feb 12, 2015, 12:25 PM

Post #12 of 14 (38865 views)

Re: [FishMonger] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

You might need to post your question on a forum specifically related to joomla.

I already tried ... they said "you have to know PERL" ... so, thank you anyway

Zhris
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Feb 12, 2015, 6:44 PM

Post #13 of 14 (38858 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

Based on the image you provided, assumably you won't want the / and /i at the start and end, they are Perl syntax, Joomla support should be able to confirm this. Replace the case insensitive i modifier with [a-zA-Z] character classes instead if necessary.

Chris

(This post was edited by Zhris on Feb 12, 2015, 6:57 PM)

vladik86
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Feb 13, 2015, 12:48 PM

Post #14 of 14 (38835 views)

Re: [vladik86] PERL Regular Expression for a validation form [In reply to]	Can't Post

Ok, now works. Probably had some problems, I reinstalled everything and now works perfectly. I wanted to thank you very much for your help on behalf of our entire association of volunteers. Thank you.

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