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How to validate an input is alphanumeric or not using JavaScript ?

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:
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