Force Data Type Examples

Following attributes are not directly related to the validation tool. However, they are helpful utilities:

Attribute	Values	Description
data-forceFormat=""	'int' Force Integer value only 'neg-int' Force negative Integer value only 'float' Force Float value only 'neg-float' Force negative Float value only 'alphanumeric' Force letters and numbers only 'username' Force username characters only 'password' Force password only	Force Data Type Applying this attribute with the above options will force the input field to acept only the specified type of characters. This can be applied to an input whether or not it is a required field or has other 'data-val-' attributes.

Example:

<input type="text" name="int" data-forceFormat="int" />
<input type="text" name="neg-int"  data-forceFormat="neg-int" />
<input type="text" name="float"  data-forceFormat="float" />
<input type="text" name="neg-float"  data-forceFormat="neg-float" />
<input type="text" name="alpha"  data-forceFormat="alphanumeric" />
<input type="text" name="username"  data-forceFormat="username"  />
<input type="text" name="password"  data-forceFormat="password"  />

Integer Whole numbers are allowed. Neg. Integer Positive and negative Whole numbers are allowed. Float Whole and decimal numbers are allowed. Neg. Float Positive and negative whole and decimal numbers are allowed. Alphanumeric Only letters and numbers are allowed with no spaces or special characters. Username Only letters, numbers and underscores (_) are allowed. Password Only letters, numbers and "! @ # $ % ~ _ -" are allowed