Given an input element and the task is to check whether the input element is alphanumeric or not. There are two methods to solve this problem which are discussed below:
Approach 1:
- A RegExp is used to validate the input.
- RegExp is used to check the string of invalid characters which doesn’t contain (a-z) alphabets and all numeric digits to validate.
- A not operator is used for desired output.
Example 1: This example implements the above approach.
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title> How to validate an input is alphanumeric or not using JavaScript? </title> </head> <body align = "center"> <h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </h1> <p id = "GFG_UP" style = "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"> </p> <form id = "formElement"> Input: <input id = "input1" type = "text" /> </form> <br> <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()"> click here </button> <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = "font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color:green;"> </p> <script> var el_up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP'); var el_down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN'); var input = document.getElementById('input1'); el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to " + "validate alphanumeric input."; function GFG_Fun() { var val = input.value; var RegEx = /[^a-z\d]/i; var Valid = !(RegEx.test(val)); el_down.innerHTML = Valid; } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:
- After clicking on the button:
Approach 2:
- A different RegExp is used to validate the input.
- RegExp is checking for the (a-z) alphabets and (0-9) digits to validate.
Example 2: This example implements the above approach.
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title> JavaScript | Validate If input is alphanumeric or not? </title> </head> <body id = "body" align = "center"> <h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </h1> <p id = "GFG_UP" style = "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"> </p> <form id = "formElement"> Input: <input id = "input1" type = "text" /> </form> <br> <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()"> click here </button> <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = "font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color:green;"> </p> <script> var el_up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP'); var el_down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN'); var input = document.getElementById('input1'); el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to " + "validate alphanumeric input."; function GFG_Fun() { var val = input.value; var RegEx = /^[a-z0-9]+$/i; var Valid = RegEx.test(val); el_down.innerHTML = Valid; } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:
- After clicking on the button:

