javascript code to check special characters

Question

I have JavaScript code to check if special characters are in a string. The code works fine in Firefox, but not in Chrome. In Chrome, even if the string does not contain spec

Answer 1

Directly from the w3schools website:

   var str = "The best things in life are free";
   var patt = new RegExp("e");
   var res = patt.test(str);

To combine their example with a regular expression, you could do the following:

function checkUserName() {
    var username = document.getElementsByName("username").value;
    var pattern = new RegExp(/[~`!#$%\^&*+=\-\[\]\\';,/{}|\\":<>\?]/); //unacceptable chars
    if (pattern.test(username)) {
        alert("Please only use standard alphanumerics");
        return false;
    }
    return true; //good user input
}