Re: Using a regular expression to validate a file name

[BMay@xxxxxxxxx]

Yep, the dot and suffix are required in this instance.  These are PC files 
that are exchanged back and forth.

Brian May
Project Lead
Management Information Systems
Garan, Incorporated
Starkville, Mississippi

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This RE requires that there be a . (dot) in the filename.  Is that 
intentional?  (It certainly is not required by the IFS)

BMay@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I just need a quick sanity check.  I am not as proficient with regular 
> expressions as I would like.
>
> I have been using the following expression to validate file names 
uploaded 
> and retrieved from our root IFS file system
>
> "/^\w+\.\w+$/"
>
> This ensures that the file name and suffix contain only letters, 
numbers, 
> and underscores.
>
> I had a new requirement to allow dashes in the file name.  So I changed 
> the expression to this.
>
> "/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.\w+$/"
>
> Any gotchas that I might be missing in this change?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian May
> Project Lead
> Management Information Systems
> Garan, Incorporated
> Starkville, Mississippi
>
> Young i Professionals
> http://www.youngiprofessionals.com