I have this:

^.*(?!.*[^\S])(?=.*[a-zA-Z]).*$

And this does not match if the string has a space at the end.

I'm trying to make it so that it matches only if the string does not have a space anywhere, not just at the end. How can I do this?

I have this:

^.*(?!.*[^\S])(?=.*[a-zA-Z]).*$

And this does not match if the string has a space at the end.

I'm trying to make it so that it matches only if the string does not have a space anywhere, not just at the end. How can I do this?

• javascript
• regex

• Can you trim leading/trailing spaces before you check the regex? – Joe W Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 22:34
• 4 How about simply: ^[\S]+$ ? – Bryan Elliott Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 22:36
• !/\s/g.test("YOUR STRING"); – Benjamin Gruenbaum Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 22:36
• 1 @MElliott This works. You can get more points if you officially answer the question – user773737 Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 22:37

2 Answers 2

How about simply:

^[\S]+$

Working regex example:

http://regex101./r/yA6xU3

Simplest expression to match a non-empty string with no blank characters:

^\S+$