$('#target').val($('#target').val().replace(/[^\d]/g, ""));
I use the above code to leave only numeric characters in an input value I would also like to allow '+' and '-'.
How would I modify the regex to allow this?
Help much appreciated
Put - and + in the character class.
$('#target').val($('#target').val().replace(/[^-+\d]/g, ""));
FWIW I use a couple of input classes that I control with jQuery:
<input class="intgr">
<input class="nmbr">
$("input.intgr").keyup(function (e) { // Filter non-digits from input value.
if (/\D/g.test($(this).val())) $(this).val($(this).val().replace(/\D/g, ''));
});
$("input.nmbr").keyup(function (e) { // Filter non-numeric from input value.
var tVal=$(this).val();
if (tVal!="" && isNaN(tVal)){
tVal=(tVal.substr(0,1).replace(/[^0-9+\.\-]/, '')+tVal.substr(1).replace(/[^0-9\.]/, ''));
var raVal=tVal.split(".")
if(raVal.length>2)
tVal=raVal[0]+"."+raVal.slice(1).join("");
$(this).val(tVal);
}
});
intgr strips all non-numeric
nmbr accepts +, -, . and 0-9. The rest of the string gets stripped of all but 0-9 and the first . If you are OK with the + and - being anywhere, Bamar's solution is perfect, short and sweet. I needed the +/- to be only in the first character position if at all, and only one . (i.e. strip out beyond the first period so 2.5.9 would be 2.59)