AngularJS alpha only regex is accepting special characters

Question

I have a very simple form with this regex pattern set on my first/last name fields ng-pattern="/^[a-zA-z]{2,30}$/" and both fields accept this value as being valid e.g. Tester\^*&^%. The first/last name should only accept alpha character a-zA-Z with a minimum of 2 characters and a max of 30.

Answer 1

Here is the wrong thing.

^[a-zA-z]{2,30}$
       ^
       |

It would match \^ symbols because these symbols are comes under the range from A to z.

Modified regex.

^[a-zA-Z]{2,30}$