Given a string like #fff443 or #999999

How do I verify that the string has:

• 7 characters, with the first one being a hash
• no symbols in the string besides the hash in the beginning

Given a string like #fff443 or #999999

How do I verify that the string has:

• 7 characters, with the first one being a hash
• no symbols in the string besides the hash in the beginning

• javascript
• jquery
• regex

• 1 there are many ways to check with different structures : see my advanced answer : stackoverflow.com/questions/8027423/… – Royi Namir Commented Jan 15, 2012 at 10:05

1 Answer 1

It seems that you are matching against a css color:

function isValidColor(str) {
    return str.match(/^#[a-f0-9]{6}$/i) !== null;
}

To elaborate:

^ match beginning
# a hash
[a-f0-9] any letter from a-f and 0-9
{6} the previous group appears exactly 6 times
$ match end
i ignore case