RegEx for Javascript to allow only alphanumeric

Question

I need to find a reg ex that only allows alphanumeric. So far, everyone I try only works if the string is alphanumeric, meaning contains both a letter and a number. I just w

Answer 1

Save this constant

const letters = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/

now, for checking part use .match()

const string = 'Hey there...' // get string from a keyup listner
let id = ''
// iterate through each letters
for (var i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {
  if (string[i].match(letters) ) {
    id += string[i]
  } else {
    // In case you want to replace with something else
    id += '-'  
  }
}
return id