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Horn Masgerter
Horn Masgerter

Reputation: 193

Regular expression for two or more dot

live: http://jsfiddle.net/2KRHh/3/

$('#price').keyup(function(){
        $('#price').val($('#price').val().replace('..', '.'));
})

I would like have only one dot in input. This working, but only for .. digit. If i still hold comma this not working, so i would like replace this with regular expression - if is two or more dot this should replace one more.

This should also remove dot if is in different place - for example 

11.23.32 - should remove second dot.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2561

Answers (5)

Ja͢ck
Ja͢ck

Reputation: 173562

If you want to leave the first period alone and remove the others, the expression is simple:

/\./g

It basically matches all periods; so how are we making sure to only match the second, third, etc.? Simple, you manage that in a replacement function:

var $price = $('#price'),
new_str = function(str) {
    var i = 0;

    return str.replace(/\./g, function() {
        return ++i >= 2 ? '' : '.';
    });
}($price.val());

$price.val(new_str);

The variable i is used to keep track of how many times the period has been matched; if it has matched two times or more, it returns an empty string and effectively removes the period.

Upvotes: 2

Niet the Dark Absol
Niet the Dark Absol

Reputation: 324640

You should NEVER restrict the user from what they want to type. When validating, you should show some kind of warning or auto-correct it AFTER they are done typing.

Therefore, try this:

<input type="number" min="0" step="0.01" />

Because, amazingly, browsers are bloody powerful systems that don't have to be spoon-fed everything ;)

However, if compatibility is a major concern (note: it shouldn't be, because you should never trust client input anyway and always validate on the server), try this:

<input type="number" min="0" step="0.01"
 onChange="this.value=Math.max(0,Math.floor((parseFloat(this.value)||0)*100)/100);" />

Upvotes: 0

Peter Alfvin
Peter Alfvin

Reputation: 29399

And to give you another choice.....

$('#price').keyup(function(){
    $('#price').val($('#price').val().replace(/([^.]*\.[^.]*)\./,'$1'));
   })

Upvotes: 0

JJJ
JJJ

Reputation: 33163

Change the event to keydown and stop the event if the keypress is a dot and there is already at least one dot in the value.

$('#price').keydown( function(e) {
    if( e.which === 190 && $(this).val().indexOf( '.' ) !== -1 ) {
        return false;
    }
});

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/2KRHh/9/

Upvotes: 0

arknave
arknave

Reputation: 613

I don't know if regular expressions are the best way to go about this.

http://jsfiddle.net/2KRHh/4/

Or the relevant code:

var str = $('#old').val();
var dot = str.indexOf('.');
var newstr = str.substring(0, dot) + '.' + str.substring(dot).replace('.', '', 'g');
console.log(str, newstr);                       
$('#new').val(newstr);

The code finds the first dot and saves its position, then replaces the rest of the dots with empty string.

Upvotes: -1

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