only allow English characters and numbers for text input

Question

Live Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/thisizmonster/DveuB/

How can I change this so that the input only allows the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9 while typing, without using a re

Answer 1

I'm using this function.

By modifying RegExp you can get rid of any characters you don't like personally.

$(function(){
    $("#user").bind('keypress',function(e){
        var regex = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+$");
        var str = String.fromCharCode(!e.charCode ? e.which : e.charCode);
        if (regex.test(str)) return true;
        e.preventDefault();
        return false;
    });
});