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An example that uses lookarounds in Javascript to validate a password. Example from https://www.codewars.com/.
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function validate(password) { | |
return /^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])[0-9a-zA-z]{6,}$/.test(password); | |
} | |
//If password contains at least one digit, one uppercase char, one lowercase char PLUS six or more | |
//chars from the character class composed of one digit, one uppercase char, and one lowercase char. | |
> validate('djI38D55'); | |
true | |
//passes if 6 or more chars | |
> validate('djI38D55666'); | |
true | |
fails if no digits persent | |
> validate('djiDdF'); | |
false | |
//fails if no lowercase chars present | |
> validate('DJI38D55'); | |
false | |
// fails if no uppercase chars present | |
> validate('dji38d55'); | |
false | |
//fails if less than 6 chars | |
> validate('djI38'); | |
false |
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