rails validation error in regular expression

Question

I have used regular form for validating first name field. It allow only letters but not allowing spaces. I have used like

validates :first_name,    presence: true,
                         format: { with:/\A[a-z_]+\Z/, message: 'Only letters are allowed' }

If I give abc asd in first name field. It shows message like "only letters allowed"

obviously, s?he wants to add spaces to the allowed list which is quite ironic since it's damn easy: just add a space in the character class. — HamZa
– HamZa, Commented Oct 30, 2013 at 11:38

Chris Hanson · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30 11:38:43Z

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Spaces aren't letters.

Do you want to allow spaces in the first name field? If so you need to add a space to your list of things to test: \A[a-z_ ]+\Z

Also.. your users won't be able to use capitals for their name. If you want to allow capital letters use \A[a-zA-Z_ ]+\Z

Hope this helps.

answered Oct 30, 2013 at 11:38

Chris Hanson

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