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I have a textbox where I want only allowed up to 11 digits, an optional ma, and two more digits after it. Anything else should not be rendered when the key is pressed into the textbox:

$('#txt').keypress(function (e) {
  var code = e.which;
  var key = String.fromCharCode(code);
  // REGEX TO AVOID CHARS & A DOT (.)
  var pattern = /[a-zA-Z]|\./g;
  var isMatch = pattern.test(key);
  if (isMatch) {
    // DO NOT RENDER CHARS & dot
    e.preventDefault();
  }
});

The above code works when an invalid key is pressed, such as a char or a dot, but does not ensure only one ma and only 2 digits afterwards.

This must match:

12314
123123,44

This must not:

12313,6666

Here is a demo.

UPDATE: Any digit except numbers and ma must be avoided, so the regex I proposed is not valid since only prevents dots (.).

I have a textbox where I want only allowed up to 11 digits, an optional ma, and two more digits after it. Anything else should not be rendered when the key is pressed into the textbox:

$('#txt').keypress(function (e) {
  var code = e.which;
  var key = String.fromCharCode(code);
  // REGEX TO AVOID CHARS & A DOT (.)
  var pattern = /[a-zA-Z]|\./g;
  var isMatch = pattern.test(key);
  if (isMatch) {
    // DO NOT RENDER CHARS & dot
    e.preventDefault();
  }
});

The above code works when an invalid key is pressed, such as a char or a dot, but does not ensure only one ma and only 2 digits afterwards.

This must match:

12314
123123,44

This must not:

12313,6666

Here is a demo.

UPDATE: Any digit except numbers and ma must be avoided, so the regex I proposed is not valid since only prevents dots (.).

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Share Improve this question Follow edited Nov 21, 2012 at 11:15 anmarti asked Nov 21, 2012 at 10:48 anmartianmarti 5,1431010 gold badges6161 silver badges9696 bronze badges

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Sorted by: Reset to default 3

You should test your plete string, not only the current letter.

$('#txt').keypress(function (e) {
    var key = String.fromCharCode(e.which);
    var pattern=/^[0-9]{1,11}(,[0-9]{0,2})?$/;

    // test this
    var txt = $(this).val() + key;

    if (!pattern.test(txt)) {
        e.preventDefault();
    }
});

​

jsfiddle example

This regex will match any string containing 1 up to 11 digits optionally followed by a , and exactly 2 more digits: ^[0-9]{1,11}(,[0-9]{2})?$

Explanation:

^             # Match the start of the string
[0-9]{1,11}   # Followed by a maximum of 11 digits
(,[0-9]{2})?  # Optionally followed by a ma and 2 more digits 
$             # Followed by the end of the string

See it in action here.