Using search to find quotes

[Helen267]

I'm trying to write a simple function to search for quotes in a CF form field (called heading).

I suspect there is some special syntax required around using quotes, since they are special characters in JS, but I'm self-taught and having trouble finding any references!

My function is as follows (executed using onClick on the form submit button):

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

function checkform(form) 		
  {
    if (form.heading.value.search(/\'/g));
    {
    alert("Please do not use quotes in your heading");
    form.heading.focus();
    return false;
    }
  }
	
// -->
</SCRIPT>

The alert pops up regardless of whether a quote is used in the field or not...

What am I doing wrong?

I'd also like to search for double quotes ("), so any help there would also be appreciated.

Thanks in anticipation.....

Helen

 

[dwarfthrower]

the [tt]search[/tt] method returns an integer. It's always going to be true. Either check to see if the result of the search is less than zero, or use the [tt]test[/tt] method of the regular expression object to return a true/false result.

For double quotes just change your regular expression.

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[Helen267]

Thanks - I knew I was missing something obvious!

My code is now working fine for the single quote, but I'm having a little trouble with the double quote (") - presumably because it's a reserved character in JS.

Is there some other syntax I should use besides this:

if (str.search(/\"/g) < '0')

Thanks for your help on this...

 

[chessbot]

I don't think there should be quotes around the 0: you are comparing it to the number 0, not the string "0".

--Chessbot

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[Helen267]

Thanks, that's what I needed. It's still not displaying correctly in CF (which uses colour coding) but at least it's working!