diff --git a/snippets/isAlphaNumeric.md b/snippets/isAlphaNumeric.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9c07a4084 --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/isAlphaNumeric.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: isAlphaNumeric +tags: string,regexp,intermediate +--- + +Checks if a string contains only alphanumeric characters. + +Use `String.prototype.match()` to check if input string matches against alphanumeric regex pattern. + +```js +const isAlphaNumeric = (str) => !!str.match(/^[a-z0-9]+$/gi); +``` + +```js +isAlphaNumeric('hello123'); // true +isAlphaNumeric('123'); // true +isAlphaNumeric('hello 123'); // false (space character is not alphanumeric) +isAlphaNumeric('#$hello'); // false +```