Special character validation using JavaScript

Question

Special characters <, >, %, \'\', \"\", $ and ^ are not allowed in a textbo

Answer 1

function isSpclChar(){
var iChars = "!@#$%^&*()+=-[]\\\';,./{}|\":<>?";
for (var i = 0; i < document.qfrm.q.value.length; i++) {
    if (iChars.indexOf(document.qfrm.q.value.charAt(i)) != -1) {
    alert ("The box has special characters. \nThese are not allowed.\n");
    return false;
        }
    }
}