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[RESOLVED] Assistance with regular expressions

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Nov 09.2006

I want to make a regular expression test an employee id number when they enter it into a prompt. The format is as follows

AXXXXXX

each X represents a number from 0 – 9. The first character, “A” is a constant and is the only string character the user can input (can be lowercase or uppercase A). I want it to test this particular pattern and return a message if the user does not type it properly. I know how to do all the valdation stuff, but am confused on how to create the regular expression to test this.

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@mark_yiehNov 09.2006 — if (/^(a|A)[0-9]{6}$/.test(formFieldValue)) {

alert("value is acceptable");

} else {

alert ("value is not acceptable");

}
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@UltimaterNov 09.2006 — If the first character MUST be an "A" or "a":
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</i>alert(/^[aA]d{6}$/.test("A370015"))

If the first character can be any letter a,b,c...z or A,B,C...Z:
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</i>alert(/^[a-zA-Z]d{6}$/.test("D479213"))
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@daniboi81authorNov 10.2006 — Worked like a charm...Thanks a bunch
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