Regular Expression - Project Request Field
Limits on Project Request Field
Please allow us to enter regular expressions for the project request field or impose limits in any way. Currently, we use this field for scholarship applications as Initials and Last 4 Digits in an attempt to reduce as much bias during evaluation season. However, despite an 8 character limit, students will forgo their initials, etc. It would be great to have a unified type of answer.
Example: IAS 4777 or IS 4777
Regular Expression provided by Foundant Support would solve this - ^([a-zA-Z]{2,3})((\s)([0-9]{4}))?$
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Ilsa Sanchez
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Please allow limits for the Project Request Field beyond a max character limit. Regular Expressions would be great!
For SLM, we try to limit bias as much as possible during evaluation time. We ask applicants for:
Initials and Last 4 Digits of Phone NumberEx: IS 4777 or IAS 4777
However, we get:
1234 or J.J 1234The answers can vary like this despite a set character limit. Foundant support did come up with a solution that would solve this formatting issue: ^([a-zA-Z]{2,3})((\s)([0-9]{4}))?$