Include Arabic characters in JavaScript regular expression?

Question

So im using jquery validation on my script to only allows certain characters. I\'ve had a request to allow the script to use arabic characters aswell. How would i do this?

Answer 1

Try this:

function HasArabicCharacters(text)
{
    var arregex = /[\u0600-\u06FF]/;
    alert(arregex.test(text));
}

For more info take a look here Arabic Unicode block

Answer 2

Via this site you can easily create unicode regex for many languages:

Arabic:

[\u0600-\u06FF]