string validation/ form validation

[Simon Forman]

OriginalBrownster wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> I just had a quick thought of something that might be useful to me when
> creating my web app and I wanted some help on the idea; since this
> group has been helpful in the past.
>
> in my app I have a few html forms that require the user to enter in
> data, in string form
>
> is it possible to validate if the string is in a valid form..such as
> check if its a list
>
> An example
>
> ask the user to enter in a list seperated by commas
>
> so i want something like "apple,banana,grapes"
>
> is there a way to validate that it was entered that way?
>
> Any help would be appreciated

Yes.

Please read this: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Peace,
~Simon