RegExp problem, wont match space

[ViperHell]

Hi

Im trying to match up a postal code with a space in it
"[A-Z][0-9][A-Z]\s[0-9][A-Z][0-9]"

It works fine without the space (\s)

Can anyone help, Ive tried so many different ways but still doesnt work

function checkPostal(form){
var CanadianZipPattern="^[A-Z][0-9][A-Z]\s[0-9][A-Z][0-9]$";
var postalRegExp = new RegExp(CanadianZipPattern);
if (postalRegExp.test(form.value) == true )
alert("valid");
else
alert("not");
}

[piz]

Re: RegExp problem, wont match space

Does this: "[A-Z][0-9][A-Z][\s][0-9][A-Z][0-9]"?

[liorean]

It's because you enter the \s in a string. The backslash will be evaluated in the string, thus you will get '^[A-Z][0-9][A-Z]s[0-9][A-Z][0-9]$'.

Instead, try

function checkPostal(form){
    var
         postalRegExp = /^[A-Z][0-9][A-Z]\s[0-9][A-Z][0-9]$/; [color=green]// should this be case sensitive? If not, add an [color=blue]i[/color] flag after the end slash.[/color]
    if(postalRegExp.test(form.value))
        alert("valid");
    else
        alert("not");
}

[ViperHell]

thanx so much!! (ended hours of frustration) lol

it works now liorean

thanx again
ViperHell