validateText Method

Use this method to validate the specified value against the specified options and return a Boolean value. If the value cannot be parsed with the specified parameters, it returns false. To use this method, instead of wijmo.input.IFormatValidateLib.validateText, use $.wijinputcore.validateText. See example below for the correct usage.

Syntax

Javascript (Usage)
Javascript (Specification)

var instance; // Type: wijmo.input.IFormatValidateLib;
var returnValue; // Type: bool

// Parameters
var value; // Type:  string
var format; // Type:  any
var minLength; // Type:  any
var maxLength; // Type:  any

returnValue = instance.validateText(value, format, minLength, maxLength);

function validateText( 
   value : string,
   format : any,
   minLength : any,
   maxLength : any
) : bool;

Parameters

value: The string value to validate as text.
format: The formatting string to use in validating the value.
For the full list of supported format keywords, see Text Format Keywords.
minLength: The minumum number of characters to accept as valid input.
maxLength: The maximum number of characters to accept as valid input.

Return Value

Returns a bool indicating whether the string value is within the specified length or in the specified format.

Example

Javascript

$.wijinputcore.validateText("123", "9");   // returns: true
$.wijinputcore.validateText("あ山９", "Ｚ");   // returns: true
$.wijinputcore.validateText("9999999", 4, 7);  //  returns: true

Reference

IFormatValidateLib Interface

Concepts

Validation Function Library
Text Format Keywords