I'm creating a browser-based form verification script that checks if the input doesn't have any uppercase characters according to Unicode Standards. My definition of an uppercase character is a character that has a lowercase mapping. If a certain character in the input string doesn't have a lowercase or uppercase mapping (like chinese characters) then it's alright (it should pass my validation).

I'm using UTF-8 encoding.

I'm planning to create a function that looks like this:

function hasUpper(str){
  if(str != str.toLowerCase()){
    return true
  }
  else {
    return false
  }
}

Will this work for my needs?

Thanks!

I'm creating a browser-based form verification script that checks if the input doesn't have any uppercase characters according to Unicode Standards. My definition of an uppercase character is a character that has a lowercase mapping. If a certain character in the input string doesn't have a lowercase or uppercase mapping (like chinese characters) then it's alright (it should pass my validation).

I'm using UTF-8 encoding.

I'm planning to create a function that looks like this:

function hasUpper(str){
  if(str != str.toLowerCase()){
    return true
  }
  else {
    return false
  }
}

Will this work for my needs?

Thanks!

• javascript
• string
• unicode

• 3 Note that you can simplify that function to return str != str.toLowerCase(). – Eli Grey Commented Aug 28, 2010 at 16:31

2 Answers 2

Yes, that will work. Incidentally, the Boolean keywords are true and false, lower case. :)

The question answered here seems to indicate that toLower and toUpper are Unicode-aware:Stack OverFlow

And this one goes into it in more detail (indicating that some mappings conflict with the real world):more Stack Overflow

Hope this helps!