[javascript] Javascript regular expression password validation having special characters

I am trying to validate the password using regular expression. The password is getting updated if we have all the characters as alphabets. Where am i going wrong ? is the regular expression right ?

function validatePassword() {
    var newPassword = document.getElementById('changePasswordForm').newPassword.value;
    var minNumberofChars = 6;
    var maxNumberofChars = 16;
    var regularExpression  = /^[a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^&*]{6,16}$/;
    alert(newPassword); 
    if(newPassword.length < minNumberofChars || newPassword.length > maxNumberofChars){
        return false;
    }
    if(!regularExpression.test(newPassword)) {
        alert("password should contain atleast one number and one special character");
        return false;
    }
}

Regex for password:

/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[a-zA-Z!#$%&? "])[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&?]{8,20}$/

Took me a while to figure out the restrictions, but I did it!

Restrictions: (Note: I have used >> and << to show the important characters)

1. Minimum 8 characters {>>8,20}
2. Maximum 20 characters {8,>>20}
3. At least one uppercase character (?=.*[A-Z])
4. At least one lowercase character (?=.*[a-z])
5. At least one digit (?=.*\d)
6. At least one special character (?=.*[a-zA-Z >>!#$%&? "<<])[a-zA-Z0-9 >>!#$%&?<< ]

When you remake account password make shure it's 8-20 characters include numbers and special characters like ##/* characters like this then verify new password and re enter exact same and should solve the issues with the password verification

you can make your own regular expression for javascript validation

    /^            : Start
    (?=.{8,})        : Length
    (?=.*[a-zA-Z])   : Letters
    (?=.*\d)         : Digits
    (?=.*[!#$%&? "]) : Special characters
    $/              : End



        (/^
        (?=.*\d)                //should contain at least one digit
        (?=.*[a-z])             //should contain at least one lower case
        (?=.*[A-Z])             //should contain at least one upper case
        [a-zA-Z0-9]{8,}         //should contain at least 8 from the mentioned characters

        $/)

Example:-   /^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-zA-Z])[a-zA-Z0-9]{7,}$/

Don't try and do too much in one step. Keep each rule separate.

function validatePassword() {
    var p = document.getElementById('newPassword').value,
        errors = [];
    if (p.length < 8) {
        errors.push("Your password must be at least 8 characters");
    }
    if (p.search(/[a-z]/i) < 0) {
        errors.push("Your password must contain at least one letter."); 
    }
    if (p.search(/[0-9]/) < 0) {
        errors.push("Your password must contain at least one digit.");
    }
    if (errors.length > 0) {
        alert(errors.join("\n"));
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

function validatePassword() {
    var p = document.getElementById('newPassword').value,
        errors = [];
    if (p.length < 8) {
        errors.push("Your password must be at least 8 characters"); 
    }
    if (p.search(/[a-z]/i) < 0) {
        errors.push("Your password must contain at least one letter.");
    }
    if (p.search(/[0-9]/) < 0) {
        errors.push("Your password must contain at least one digit."); 
    }
    if (errors.length > 0) {
        alert(errors.join("\n"));
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

There is a certain issue in below answer as it is not checking whole string due to absence of [ ] while checking the characters and numerals, this is correct version

If you check the length seperately, you can do the following:

var regularExpression  = /^[a-zA-Z]$/;

if (regularExpression.test(newPassword)) {
    alert("password should contain atleast one number and one special character");
    return false;
} 

I use the following script for min 8 letter password, with at least a symbol, upper and lower case letters and a number

function checkPassword(str)
{
    var re = /^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[!@#$%^&*])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z]).{8,}$/;
    return re.test(str);
}

it,s work perfect for me and i am sure will work for you guys checkout it easy and accurate

var regix = new RegExp("^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[!@#\$%\^&\*])(?=. 
            {8,})");

if(regix.test(password) == false ) {
     $('.messageBox').html(`<div class="messageStackError">
       password must be a minimum of 8 characters including number, Upper, Lower And 
       one special character
     </div>`);
}
else
{
        $('form').submit();
}

After a lot of research, I was able to come up with this. This has more special characters

validatePassword(password) {
        const re = /(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#$%^&*()+=-\?;,./{}|\":<>\[\]\\\' ~_]).{8,}/
        return re.test(password);
    }