Question

I am try to validate a form to make the user enter their full name like the following..

First, Last

The user must have some string of alphabetic only chars, then a comma, then a space, then a last name, which can again be any string of chars.

This is my current regex..

var alphaExp = /^[a-zA-Z,+ a-zA-Z]+$/;

However, it lets the user submit something as simple as john. I want it to force them to submit something such as john, smith.

Answer 1

That’s not how character sets work:

/^[a-zA-Z]+, [a-zA-Z]+$/

Things to consider:

• Any validation you do on the client can be bypassed
• Some people may have names with accented letters
• Some cultures don’t use just two names