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JavaScript Regular Expressions in JavaScript Validating a Form Validating a Password

ysantana
ysantana
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Posted by ysantana
ysantana
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Add Special Character validation to password lookahead RegEX

Hi,

I believe special characters should also be part of the password validation, since in must web forms special characters are required.

I posted some options to accomplish this in the answers. Happy to see other solutions :)

1 Answer

ysantana
ysantana
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ysantana
ysantana
9,579 Points

Option 1: Match a string that contains a lowercase, uppercase, number and any non-word character: 

/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\W).*$/.test(string);

Option 2: Match a string that contains a lowercase, uppercase, number and any of the special characters on regex: 

/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*['@', '$', '#']).*$/.test(string);