Question

I am trying to match strings that contain 4 characters separated by |

Works fine in java when I use "(\\w{1,4})(\\|(\\w{1,4}))*"

When I use same pattern in jquery it does not match:

$.validator.addMethod("nameId",function(value,element){
return this.optional(element) || /^(\\w{1,4})(\\|(\\w{1,4}))*$/i.test(value);
},"Please enter valid input.");

Can anybody let me know how to do this in jquery.

Thanks!

Answer 1

My guess is because you include the double backslashes. If you change \\w to \w and etc., does that fix the problem?