HTML DOM Input Text pattern property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input Text pattern property is used for setting or returning the pattern attribute of an input text field. It checks the text against a regular expression specified by the pattern property.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for −

Setting the pattern property −

textObject.pattern = regexp

Here, regexp is a regular expression against which the text field is checked.

Example

Let us look at an example for the text pattern property −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Input Text pattern property</h1>
<p>The username can either be of three numeric characters or 6 alphabet characters from a to g</p>
<form action="/Sample_page.php">
USERNAME: <input type="text" id="USR" name="user_name" pattern="[0-9]{3}|[a-g]{6}"
title="Three numeric character or 6 alphabet between a-g">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<br>
<button onclick="textPattern()">GET PATTERN</button>
<p id="Sample"></p>
<script>
   function textPattern() {
      var P = document.getElementById("USR").pattern;
      document.getElementById("Sample").innerHTML ="The pattern attribute value is"+ P;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>