nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Can I restrict characters allowed in Survey123 text box?

BenVan_Kesteren1

Hey,

I have a comments field in a survey123 form, and I am wondering if I can make a comma an invalid/not allowed character?

The reason being is the data ends up being used in a CSV file, and this is causing headaches for me later on.

So my question is, can I deny users the capability to use a comma in a text field, in a Survey123 form?

Vind meer berichten getagd met

Accepted answers

JamesTedrick

Hi Ben,

You can create a constraint that looks for commas and returns false when it finds one:

not(regex(., ","))

All comments

JamesTedrick

Hi Ben,

You can create a constraint that looks for commas and returns false when it finds one:

not(regex(., ","))

BenVan_Kesteren1

Hey James Tedrick,

I am just trying out your suggestion, but it doesn't seem to be working for me, can you please see below setup and check I am doing it correctly?

I have added the not(regex(., ",")) which is having no effect it would seem.

Cheers

JamesTedrick

Hi Ben,

That's interesting - it's working for me. Just to check, did you attempt to validate the form (which triggers the check for constraints)?

comma_check.xlsx

BenVan_Kesteren1

Sorry James I have just found my error, I was not being warned of my issue until I tried to press the submit button in my form.

I was thinking I was going to get the warning as soon as I typed it in the box, and tabbed to next text box, but that was not the case. It only checks when trying to send data.

So thank you for your help, that is now working well.

KellyAlexander

Hi James! If you wanted to set the constraint to prevent \ and / from being used how would you do that? I was able to set the constraint for one of the characters but not both by just changing the code above to: not(regex(.,"/"))

CBeck

As a flow onto this (as I already have data with non-standard ASCII in it) what encoding is used in Survey123? If I have that I can fix the problem in the current data and use the above fix for the next round.

Doe mee aan het gesprek

Aangemelde leden kunnen berichten plaatsen, updates volgen en meer. Nieuw hier? Registreer een gratis account.

Snelle Links

Community Help
Find useful guides, FAQs, and documents to help you navigate and make the most of Esri Community.