Re: easiest way to check for a non-alphanumeric character?
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35396
interpreted = N
texte = Brilliant!!Thanks Joe! :-)- side note -Notice that my current checker code:****[showif [URL][loginString][/URL]^%][text show=F]StringValueError=T[/text][/showif][showif [URL][loginString][/URL]^/][text show=F]StringValueError=T[/text][/showif][showif [URL][loginString][/URL]^.][text show=F]StringValueError=T[/text][/showif]*****does in fact catch every character you suggested it would not catch. (except for theunderscore ((and a dash - which you didn't mention but could have)) but actually Imeant to say that I want to allow underscores and dashes as well as all alphanumericchars.)See? When you [url]ize the formvar it changes most stuff into hexadecimal form whichfor most non-alphanumeric chars start with a % - which I look for ;-)I could have phrased my question like this -What chars other than:alphanumeric chars-_/.DO NOT start with a % when wrapped in an [url] context?If someone knows the answer then I can save the small hassle of doing the elegant wayyou suggest.-JohnJoseph D'Andrea wrote:> At 2:21 PM 7/29/00, John Butler wrote:> >*****> >> >Do I need more?> >I.e. is this enough to check for any possible non-alphanumeric char?>> No. You're not checking for space _ , = + { } ' * blah blah blah.> And my experience with the check every bad value approach is that> it is time consuming, produces ugly code, and I invariably miss some> character or another.>> There are a couple of ways to accomplish what you want.>> One way is to create a conversion database which converts a-z, A-Z> and 0-1 to nothing. Then set a temporary text variable to the value> of the form variable. Pass the temp variable through the conversion> db above which would leave everything in the string except> alphanumerics. Then if the size of the temp variable is not zero,> they made and input error.>> ___Joe___>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Brilliant!!Thanks Joe! :-)- side note -Notice that my current checker code:****[showif [url][loginString][/URL]^%][text show=F]StringValueError=T[/text][/showif][showif [url][loginString][/URL]^/][text show=F]StringValueError=T[/text][/showif][showif [url][loginString][/URL]^.][text show=F]StringValueError=T[/text][/showif]*****does in fact catch every character you suggested it would not catch. (except for theunderscore ((and a dash - which you didn't mention but could have)) but actually Imeant to say that I want to allow underscores and dashes as well as all alphanumericchars.)See? When you [url]ize the formvar it changes most stuff into hexadecimal form whichfor most non-alphanumeric chars start with a % - which I look for ;-)I could have phrased my question like this -What chars other than:alphanumeric chars-_/.DO NOT start with a % when wrapped in an [url] context?If someone knows the answer then I can save the small hassle of doing the elegant wayyou suggest.-JohnJoseph D'Andrea wrote:> At 2:21 PM 7/29/00, John Butler wrote:> >*****> >> >Do I need more?> >I.e. is this enough to check for any possible non-alphanumeric char?>> No. You're not checking for space _ , = + { } ' * blah blah blah.> And my experience with the check every bad value approach is that> it is time consuming, produces ugly code, and I invariably miss some> character or another.>> There are a couple of ways to accomplish what you want.>> One way is to create a conversion database which converts a-z, A-Z> and 0-1 to nothing. Then set a temporary text variable to the value> of the form variable. Pass the temp variable through the conversion> db above which would leave everything in the string except> alphanumerics. Then if the size of the temp variable is not zero,> they made and input error.>> ___Joe___>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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