Validate that input doesn't contain default text?

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I know I have written this before, but now I cannot find it. I want to make sure that my input doesn't contain 'Other...'. I know there's some lookbehind regex that can get that, but I have had nothing but errors when I try to use it in a validates_format_of block. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Walter

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And I'm using Ruby 1.8.7, which does not include lookbehind regex, come to find.

Walter

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Walter Davis wrote in post #950212:

I know I have written this before, but now I cannot find it. I want to make sure that my input doesn't contain 'Other...'. I know there's some lookbehind regex that can get that, but I have had nothing but errors when I try to use it in a validates_format_of block. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Walter

Write your own validation method that tests that the string doesn't match /Other\.\.\./.

Best,