Regular expression for validating women's name
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Is there a way to validate only women's name using Regular Expression?
I am expecting the name can take only alphabets and space. I have used following regular expression ^[a-zA-Zs]+$
Is this correct? else please help me to figure out a regular expression which can be used to verify string (women's name) with alphabets and space.
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Is there a way to validate only women's name using Regular Expression?
I am expecting the name can take only alphabets and space. I have used following regular expression ^[a-zA-Zs]+$
Is this correct? else please help me to figure out a regular expression which can be used to verify string (women's name) with alphabets and space.
javascript
edited Nov 20 at 9:37
Piccaza
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asked Nov 20 at 8:19
hacker tom
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You can not have a regular expression to validate names, because names don't follow a specific pattern. Much less women names. Not taking into account different names in different languages, and not taking into account names that apply to both male and female.
– Ahmad
Nov 20 at 8:22
Yes, your regex sould work. At least for your requirement (only letters and spaces). Names itself you can't validate. But why don't you just try it out?
– CodeF0x
Nov 20 at 8:22
Possible duplicate of regex with space and letters only?
– vahdet
Nov 20 at 8:31
Your expression matches for exampleHerbert, but that doesn’t make Herbert a women’s name …
– misorude
Nov 20 at 9:40
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up vote
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Is there a way to validate only women's name using Regular Expression?
I am expecting the name can take only alphabets and space. I have used following regular expression ^[a-zA-Zs]+$
Is this correct? else please help me to figure out a regular expression which can be used to verify string (women's name) with alphabets and space.
javascript
edited Nov 20 at 9:37
Piccaza
2,98143760
asked Nov 20 at 8:19
hacker tom
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Is there a way to validate only women's name using Regular Expression?
I am expecting the name can take only alphabets and space. I have used following regular expression ^[a-zA-Zs]+$
Is this correct? else please help me to figure out a regular expression which can be used to verify string (women's name) with alphabets and space.
javascript
javascript
edited Nov 20 at 9:37
Piccaza
2,98143760
asked Nov 20 at 8:19
hacker tom
144
edited Nov 20 at 9:37
Piccaza
2,98143760
asked Nov 20 at 8:19
hacker tom
144
edited Nov 20 at 9:37
Piccaza
2,98143760
edited Nov 20 at 9:37
Piccaza
2,98143760
edited Nov 20 at 9:37
Piccaza
2,98143760
2,98143760
asked Nov 20 at 8:19
hacker tom
144
asked Nov 20 at 8:19
hacker tom
144
asked Nov 20 at 8:19
hacker tom
144
144
4
You can not have a regular expression to validate names, because names don't follow a specific pattern. Much less women names. Not taking into account different names in different languages, and not taking into account names that apply to both male and female.
– Ahmad
Nov 20 at 8:22
Yes, your regex sould work. At least for your requirement (only letters and spaces). Names itself you can't validate. But why don't you just try it out?
– CodeF0x
Nov 20 at 8:22
Possible duplicate of regex with space and letters only?
– vahdet
Nov 20 at 8:31
Your expression matches for exampleHerbert, but that doesn’t make Herbert a women’s name …
– misorude
Nov 20 at 9:40
add a comment |
4
You can not have a regular expression to validate names, because names don't follow a specific pattern. Much less women names. Not taking into account different names in different languages, and not taking into account names that apply to both male and female.
– Ahmad
Nov 20 at 8:22
Yes, your regex sould work. At least for your requirement (only letters and spaces). Names itself you can't validate. But why don't you just try it out?
– CodeF0x
Nov 20 at 8:22
Possible duplicate of regex with space and letters only?
– vahdet
Nov 20 at 8:31
Your expression matches for exampleHerbert, but that doesn’t make Herbert a women’s name …
– misorude
Nov 20 at 9:40
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You can not have a regular expression to validate names, because names don't follow a specific pattern. Much less women names. Not taking into account different names in different languages, and not taking into account names that apply to both male and female.
– Ahmad
Nov 20 at 8:22
You can not have a regular expression to validate names, because names don't follow a specific pattern. Much less women names. Not taking into account different names in different languages, and not taking into account names that apply to both male and female.
– Ahmad
Nov 20 at 8:22
Yes, your regex sould work. At least for your requirement (only letters and spaces). Names itself you can't validate. But why don't you just try it out?
– CodeF0x
Nov 20 at 8:22
Yes, your regex sould work. At least for your requirement (only letters and spaces). Names itself you can't validate. But why don't you just try it out?
– CodeF0x
Nov 20 at 8:22
Possible duplicate of regex with space and letters only?
– vahdet
Nov 20 at 8:31
Possible duplicate of regex with space and letters only?
– vahdet
Nov 20 at 8:31
Your expression matches for example
Herbert, but that doesn’t make Herbert a women’s name …– misorude
Nov 20 at 9:40
Your expression matches for example
Herbert, but that doesn’t make Herbert a women’s name …– misorude
Nov 20 at 9:40
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You can't use Regex to match on women's names specifically (short of doing something ridiculous like matching every name in a Regex like /(Martha|Jane|Bonnie)/).
You'd be better served making an Array of the names you want to match and checking that the String you have is in that Array, similar to below:
["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"].includes("Jane");
// -------------------------------------------- //
let list = ["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"];
list.includes("Jane");
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You can't use Regex to match on women's names specifically (short of doing something ridiculous like matching every name in a Regex like /(Martha|Jane|Bonnie)/).
You'd be better served making an Array of the names you want to match and checking that the String you have is in that Array, similar to below:
["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"].includes("Jane");
// -------------------------------------------- //
let list = ["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"];
list.includes("Jane");
answered Nov 20 at 9:43
James Whiteley
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You can't use Regex to match on women's names specifically (short of doing something ridiculous like matching every name in a Regex like /(Martha|Jane|Bonnie)/).
You'd be better served making an Array of the names you want to match and checking that the String you have is in that Array, similar to below:
["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"].includes("Jane");
// -------------------------------------------- //
let list = ["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"];
list.includes("Jane");
answered Nov 20 at 9:43
James Whiteley
1,705523
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up vote
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You can't use Regex to match on women's names specifically (short of doing something ridiculous like matching every name in a Regex like /(Martha|Jane|Bonnie)/).
You'd be better served making an Array of the names you want to match and checking that the String you have is in that Array, similar to below:
["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"].includes("Jane");
// -------------------------------------------- //
let list = ["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"];
list.includes("Jane");
answered Nov 20 at 9:43
James Whiteley
1,705523
You can't use Regex to match on women's names specifically (short of doing something ridiculous like matching every name in a Regex like /(Martha|Jane|Bonnie)/).
You'd be better served making an Array of the names you want to match and checking that the String you have is in that Array, similar to below:
["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"].includes("Jane");
// -------------------------------------------- //
let list = ["Martha", "Jane", "Bonnie"];
list.includes("Jane");
answered Nov 20 at 9:43
James Whiteley
1,705523
answered Nov 20 at 9:43
James Whiteley
1,705523
answered Nov 20 at 9:43
James Whiteley
1,705523
answered Nov 20 at 9:43
James Whiteley
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You can not have a regular expression to validate names, because names don't follow a specific pattern. Much less women names. Not taking into account different names in different languages, and not taking into account names that apply to both male and female.
– Ahmad
Nov 20 at 8:22
Yes, your regex sould work. At least for your requirement (only letters and spaces). Names itself you can't validate. But why don't you just try it out?
– CodeF0x
Nov 20 at 8:22
Possible duplicate of regex with space and letters only?
– vahdet
Nov 20 at 8:31
Your expression matches for example
Herbert, but that doesn’t make Herbert a women’s name …– misorude
Nov 20 at 9:40