Setting same properties for more fields

Question

I have two or more text fields and I want to apply the same properties to them, avoiding to write two or more times the same code

This doesn\'t work:

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Answer 1

apply a css class to all fields

$(".cssClassName").rules("add", {
        required: true,  
         minlength: 3,
          maxlength: 50 ,
        messages:
   {required:"error1",minlength:"error2",maxlength:"error3"}});