JavaScript RegEx, alphanumeric with asterisk

Question

i search for a regex in JavaScript for Alphanumeric characters and the asterisk sign (*).

All i found is this:

  var regexAlphaNumWithAsterisk = new RegExp(/^[0-9a-zA-Z\*{*}]+$/);

I want to test this groups : "12*****" or "123456" or "BCDEFG" or "12*ABC" When I change my regexp like

var regexAlphaNum = new RegExp(/^[0-9a-zA-Z]+$/);

my validation for "123456" or "BCDEFG" is fine.

Can everyone help me with this?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-09 14:40:07Z

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You can just use regex literal for this:

var regexAlphaNum = /^[0-9a-zA-Z*]+$/;

No need to use RegExp constructor for this and * doesn't need to be escaped inside character class i.e. [...]

answered Jun 9, 2015 at 14:40

anubhava

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How about /^[0-9a-z*]+$/i