I am using New Responsive Forms. I have a business requirement to validate/mask a text field. I am not sure if it would be easier to use a Text Mask or Regular Expression. Below are the requirements. Can anyone help me with this?Text Field called “Board Item No” Format: First part is limited to 2 digits (can be 1 digit) Second part is limited to 4 digits (can be 1, 2, or 3 digits) First and second parts are separated by a dash (-) Example of valid values 7-2 23-2222 1-123

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I need help with a field validation

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
May 14, 2024
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SShaffer2
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I am using New Responsive Forms. I have a business requirement to validate/mask a text field. I am not sure if it would be easier to use a Text Mask or Regular Expression. Below are the requirements. Can anyone help me with this?

Text Field called “Board Item No”
Format:
- First part is limited to 2 digits (can be 1 digit)
- Second part is limited to 4 digits (can be 1, 2, or 3 digits)
- First and second parts are separated by a dash (-)
Example of valid values
- 7-2
- 23-2222
- 1-123

Best answer by Chris_Ben

Hi,

The text mask won’t work in this case because it doesn’t cater for the length of digits e.g. where you allow 1 or 2 digits before the dash. A regular expression such as the below would do the trick though:

^\d{1,2}-\d{1,4}$

This one expects 1-2 digits then a dash then 1-4 digits.

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Chris_Ben
Nintex Employee
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Forum|Forum|1 year ago
May 14, 2024

Hi,

The text mask won’t work in this case because it doesn’t cater for the length of digits e.g. where you allow 1 or 2 digits before the dash. A regular expression such as the below would do the trick though:

^\d{1,2}-\d{1,4}$

This one expects 1-2 digits then a dash then 1-4 digits.