3 Data validation methods in javascript
Function is isValideDate can be used for example on a string data.isValideDate() to confirm that date is in correct format like these 2 for example:
- 04-11-2012
- 4-11-12
The isNumeric function is used same way with data.isNumeric() on a string and the function is used validation if the whole input is numeric
<pre class="brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate" title="">String.prototype.isValidDate = function()
{
var IsoDateRe = new RegExp("^([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})$");
var matches = IsoDateRe.exec(this);
if (!matches) return false;
var composedDate = new Date(matches[3], (matches[2] - 1), matches[1]);
return ((composedDate.getMonth() == (matches[2] - 1)) &&
(composedDate.getDate() == matches[1]) &&
(composedDate.getFullYear() == matches[3]));
}
String.prototype.isNumeric = function () {
var intRegex = /^\d+$/;
var v = this;
if(intRegex.test(v)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
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And just for you, a third function for strings. This function data.isDouble() checks if the inputed data is of a double type.
<pre class="brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate" title="">String.prototype.isDouble = function () {
var validChars = '0123456789.';
for(var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
if(validChars.indexOf(this.charAt(i)) == -1)
return false;
}
var dblVar = parseFloat(this);
if(isNaN(dblVar))
return false;
return true;;
}
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