Check if NSString contains alphanumeric + underscore characters only

Question

I\'ve got a string that needs to be only a-z, 0-9 and _

How do I check if the input is valid? I\'ve tried this but it accepts letter like å,ä,ö,ø etc.

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Answer 1

You could loop through the every character in the string and check that it's alphanumeric:

BOOL isMatch = YES;
for (int i = 0; i < [string length]; i++) {
    unichar c = [string characterAtIndex:i];
    if (!isalnum(c) && c != '_') {
        isMatch = NO;
        break;
    }
}
if (isMatch) {
    // valid
} else {
    // invalid
}