Hi,

 

Probably not the first time this has been posted, but I get feeling this is slightly different from the usual expression question (but maybe not)... heres the deal...

 

window.onload = checksite;

function checksite(){

var setit = top.location;

function checkSsn(chknow){

var checking = "/*http:\/\/www.were.co.uk$/";

if (checking.test(chknow)) {

alert ("works");

}else{

alert ("failed");

}

}

 

checkSsn(setit);

}

 

 

I need to get a regular expression to check the "domain name" of the variable "siteloc".

 

say siteloc returns.... http://www.were.co.uk/somefile.php (not real address)..

I need a regular expression to check if the beginning of this string is "http://www.were.co.uk" , followed by anything after.

 

As soon as I add the following line... the script refuses to work and I cannot figuire out why!!

 

The killer:

 

if (checking.test(chknow)) {

alert ("works");

}else{

alert ("failed");

}

 

 

Can anyone shed some light for me please?

 

Thanks on advance

also debugging says.... object doesn't support this property or method...?

You need to instantiate the variable called checking as a RegExp type variable:

 

var checking = new RegExp("/*http:\/\/www.were.co.uk$/");

 

Should work after that.

The error message gives it away... Because you've just declared checking as a normal var, it does not have a test() method.

<note to webbhost : moved thread deleted other one >

thanks leesalter and dizi....

 

Ok so the javascript does work now - however it is constantly returning "Failed" alert, meaning that the regular expression itself is not correct...

 

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong again?

 

 

window.onload = checksite;

function checksite(){

var setit = top.location;

function checkSsn(chknow){

var checking = new RegExp("/*http:\/\/www\.were\.co\.uk$/");

if (checking.test(chknow)) {

alert ("works");

}else{

alert ("failed");

}

}

 

checkSsn(setit);

}

Regular Expressions are definitely not a strong point of mine, but you could try:-

 

 var checking = new RegExp('^http:\/\/www\.were\.co\.uk\/*')

weey. Ive been trying ever since, and couldn't get it to work!... but that worked, thanks.

 

I have 1 or 2 more bits I need to add to it, but I think I can handle this bit!!

 

Again thanks for you help, much appreciated!

LeeSalter, again thanks for you help, I have now 100% completed my script (for now).

 

IF you are curious and would like to know what I used it for PM me, and i'll send you a link

No problem, webhost. Good to see that my 5 years of C#/ASP.NET/Web App development hasn't been entirely wasted! :-)