From: Steven Davidovitz <steviedizzle@...>
Date: 2006-09-02T11:19:09+09:00
Subject: Re: RegExp issues....

On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:57:57 +0900
"Ben V." <comprug@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to validate user input so it contains only letters, numbers, 
> underscores and dashes. I am using this regexp:/[A-Z0-9_-]/. However, 
> when I type in 'hello' in the field, it says that it doesn't match the 
> regexp, yet I'm sure that reg exp works for letters, numbers, and 
> underscores only. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help and time.
> 
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> 
> 

You need to validate lowercase also: /[A-Za-z0-9_-]/