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Hi All,

I am new to C#. I need a validation for a text box. Text box may contain alphanumeric but only numbers is not
allowed. How can i do that. It is in C# windows application.

Example : 12Abc --------- Allowed

: 12546---------- Not allow
: Asd23lk-------- Allow
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Posted 14-May-14 23:53pm Richard MacCutc… 50 Richard Deeming 880

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private void textBox_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)

{
if (Char.IsLetterOrDigit(e.KeyChar) // Allowing only any letter OR Digit
||e.KeyChar == '\b') // Allowing BackSpace character
{
e.Handled = false;
}
else
{
e.Handled = true;
}
}

Posted 14-May-14 23:59pm

sankarsan parida

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afsal.mp 15-May-14 5:06am   

If we are inputting fully numbers. It is not allowed.

[no name] 15-May-14 5:12am   

Yes it will alow for numeric and alpha characters also.

CHill60 15-May-14 9:39am   

4'd ... good call on the backspace character, but doesn't satisfy full requirement (all numbers not allowed)

Solution 2
Try this

C#

public bool IsAlphaNumeric(string inputString)

{
Regex reg = new Regex("^(\d)*+[A-Za-z]+(\d)*+.*$");
if (reg.IsMatch(inputString))
return true;
else
return false;
}

Posted 15-May-14 0:11am

_Asif_

Solution 3
Try Regex.Match, see example:

C#

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Program

{
public static void Main()
{
string text = "aaa2222aaaa";

Match match = Regex.Match(text, @"([a-zA-Z]\w+)|(\w+[a-zA-Z])",

RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

if (match.Success)
{
Console.WriteLine("passed");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("failed");
}
}
}

Posted 15-May-14 0:56am

Peter Leow

Solution 4
In addition to Solution 1 (sankarsan parida) which allows you to enter only letters and digits in you text box
control, you can check that textbox is containing at least one letter this way:

C#

var isValid = textBox1.Text.ToCharArray().Any(x => Char.IsLetter(x));

Hope it help you.

Posted 15-May-14 4:22am Updated 15-May-14 4:32am v2

Marcin Kozub

Solution 5
Some very valid solutions given (in particular from Sankarsan Parida), but no-one has mentioned where to put
the check that the text is not all numbers.

The following should work for both only allowing alphanumeric to be entered and for checking it is not all
numeric (once the user has finished entering data) ...

C#

private void textBox1_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)

{
//"handle" the key press if is not alphanumeric or backspace
//because it is handled here it won't appear in the textBox
e.Handled = !(Char.IsLetterOrDigit(e.KeyChar) || e.KeyChar == '\b');
}
private void textBox1_Validating(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
//Cancel the exit from the textBox if it is all numeric
e.Cancel = Regex.IsMatch(textBox1.Text, @"^\d+$");
}

Posted 15-May-14 4:43am

CHill60

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