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Posted on 9 Jul 2019 10:28:31 by Community Power Pla...

A simple solution I'm sure, but I can't find it anywhere. I have a text input that must contain both numbers and letters in order for the user to proceed. How do I check for this input using an If statement? I know how to do it for numbers or text only, but not both.

Thanks for the help in advance!

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Community Power Pla... on 15 Jul 2019 at 15:37:09

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

Great, thanks for letting me know. A potentially useful idea for the future maybe!
RandyHayes 76,287 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 15 Jul 2019 at 15:21:20

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

@Anonymous

No, there is not a masked input control currently. So, you are limited to validating the control only.

The Match functions will be the best options for validating the contents. But, there is nothing that would "force" or "restrict" a user to entering 3 letter and 8 numbers.
Community Power Pla... on 10 Jul 2019 at 07:27:08

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

@RandyHayes @Pstork1 thank you both for your help! I will try this also, will be helpful for others deciphering the code in the future. Out of curiosity, does PowerApps have a masked text input option? I have researched this but have found no possible answers. The text input I have requires 3 letters first and then 8 numbers, I was using this check as a plausible workaround.

Thanks again for your help!
RandyHayes 76,287 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 09 Jul 2019 at 14:29:49

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

@Pstork1

Actually, the name is a bit deceiving - even though it is "Multiple" it is defined as "one or more"

So, "A1" would match, as would "AA11"
Pstork1 66,004 Most Valuable Professional on 09 Jul 2019 at 14:23:07

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

@RandyHayes I thought about that one, but won't that require more than one character and digit?
RandyHayes 76,287 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 09 Jul 2019 at 14:13:33

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

@Anonymous

Also just to add a little, you can shorten your patterns by using the predefined patterns in PowerApps.

So, this formula would also provide the results and perhaps be a little more readable.

IsMatch(TextInput1.Text, MultipleLetters & MultipleDigits)

Happy PowerApp'ing
Community Power Pla... on 09 Jul 2019 at 11:41:54

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

Thank you, just what I was looking for.
Pstork1 66,004 Most Valuable Professional on 09 Jul 2019 at 11:07:08

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

Probably the easiest way would be to use the IsMatch() function and a regex expression.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-ismatch

Try the following for the Regex pattern

(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-zA-Z])([a-zA-Z0-9]+)

So you could put something like this in the Color property of the text block

If(IsMatch(TextInput4.Text,"(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-zA-Z])([a-zA-Z0-9]+)"),Black,Red)

If the text entry has at least one alpha and one digit then it will be black otherwise it will be red
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timl 34,951 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 09 Jul 2019 at 10:56:10

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Re: Checking if numbers and letters are in a text input

Hi @Anonymous

You can do this with a regular expression. Here's the formula you can add to a label.

If(IsMatch(TextInput1.Text, "([A-Za-z]+[0-9]|[0-9]+[A-Za-z])[A-Za-z0-9]*"),
"Input OK",
"Input must contain letters and numbers"
)