Password regex validation always erroring

Question

I have the following custom jQuery validation regex which should be making sure that passwords are at least 8 characters long, have a number and contain no spaces:

$.validator.addMethod("password", function(value, element) {
    return this.optional(element) || /\A(?=.*\d)\S{8,}$/i.test(value);
}, "Password must have at least one digit, be 8 characters in length and not contain spaces.");

However not matter what I type into the box, it always calls the error. Is the regex incorrect?

Thomas Ayoub · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-23 13:21:02Z

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In JS \A doesn't mean start of string, use ^ instead:

/^(?=.*\d)\S{8,}$/i

See MDN boundaries doc

edited Jun 23, 2016 at 13:21

answered Jun 23, 2016 at 13:19

Thomas Ayoub

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