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9,579 PointsAdd Special Character validation to password lookahead RegEX
Hi,
I believe special characters should also be part of the password validation, since in must web forms special characters are required.
I posted some options to accomplish this in the answers. Happy to see other solutions :)
1 Answer
ysantana
9,579 PointsOption 1: Match a string that contains a lowercase, uppercase, number and any non-word character:
/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\W).*$/.test(string);
Option 2: Match a string that contains a lowercase, uppercase, number and any of the special characters on regex:
/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*['@', '$', '#']).*$/.test(string);