jQuery.validator.addMethod("maxWords", function(value, element, params) { 

    return this.optional(element) || value.match(/\b\w+\b/g).length < params; 

}, "Please enter {0} words or less."); 

 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("minWords", function(value, element, params) { 

    return this.optional(element) || value.match(/\b\w+\b/g).length >= params; 

}, "Please enter at least {0} words."); 

 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("rangeWords", function(value, element, params) { 

    return this.optional(element) || value.match(/\b\w+\b/g).length >= params[0] && value.match(/bw+b/g).length < params[1]; 

}, "Please enter between {0} and {1} words.");




jQuery.validator.addMethod("letterswithbasicpunc", function(value, element) {

	return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z-.,()'\"\s]+$/i.test(value);

}, "Letters or punctuation only please");  



jQuery.validator.addMethod("digitswithbasicpunc", function(value, element) {

	return this.optional(element) || /^[0-9,\s\\]+$/i.test(value);

}, "Digits or punctuation only please");  


jQuery.validator.addMethod("alphanumeric", function(value, element) {

	return this.optional(element) || /^\w+$/i.test(value);

}, "Letters, numbers, spaces or underscores only please");  



jQuery.validator.addMethod("lettersonly", function(value, element) {

	return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z]+$/i.test(value);

}, "Letters only please"); 



jQuery.validator.addMethod("nowhitespace", function(value, element) {

	return this.optional(element) || /^\S+$/i.test(value);

}, "No white space please"); 



jQuery.validator.addMethod("ziprange", function(value, element) {

	return this.optional(element) || /^90[2-5]\d\{2}-\d{4}$/.test(value);

}, "Your ZIP-code must be in the range 902xx-xxxx to 905-xx-xxxx");



/**

* Return true, if the value is a valid vehicle identification number (VIN).

*

* Works with all kind of text inputs.

*

* @example <input type="text" size="20" name="VehicleID" class="{required:true,vinUS:true}" />

* @desc Declares a required input element whose value must be a valid vehicle identification number.

*

* @name jQuery.validator.methods.vinUS

* @type Boolean

* @cat Plugins/Validate/Methods

*/ 

jQuery.validator.addMethod(

	"vinUS",

	function(v){

		if (v.length != 17)

			return false;

		var i, n, d, f, cd, cdv;

		var LL    = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","J","K","L","M","N","P","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"];

		var VL    = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,7,9,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];

		var FL    = [8,7,6,5,4,3,2,10,0,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2];

		var rs    = 0;

		for(i = 0; i < 17; i++){

		    f = FL[i];

		    d = v.slice(i,i+1);

		    if(i == 8){

		        cdv = d;

		    }

		    if(!isNaN(d)){

		        d *= f;

		    }

		    else{

		        for(n = 0; n < LL.length; n++){

		            if(d.toUpperCase() === LL[n]){

		                d = VL[n];

		                d *= f;

		                if(isNaN(cdv) && n == 8){

		                    cdv = LL[n];

		                }

		                break;

		            }

		        }

		    }

		    rs += d;

		}

		cd = rs % 11;

		if(cd == 10){cd = "X";}

		if(cd == cdv){return true;}

		return false; 

	},

	"The specified vehicle identification number (VIN) is invalid."

);



/**

  * Return true, if the value is a valid date, also making this formal check dd/mm/yyyy.

  *

  * @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01/01/1900")

  * @result true

  *

  * @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01/13/1990")

  * @result false

  *

  * @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01.01.1900")

  * @result false

  *

  * @example <input name="pippo" class="{dateITA:true}" />

  * @desc Declares an optional input element whose value must be a valid date.

  *

  * @name jQuery.validator.methods.dateITA

  * @type Boolean

  * @cat Plugins/Validate/Methods

  */

jQuery.validator.addMethod(

	"dateITA",

	function(value, element) {

		var check = false;

		var re = /^\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}$/

		if( re.test(value)){

			var adata = value.split('/');

			var gg = parseInt(adata[0],10);

			var mm = parseInt(adata[1],10);

			var aaaa = parseInt(adata[2],10);

			var xdata = new Date(aaaa,mm-1,gg);

			if ( ( xdata.getFullYear() == aaaa ) && ( xdata.getMonth () == mm - 1 ) && ( xdata.getDate() == gg ) )

				check = true;

			else

				check = false;

		} else

			check = false;

		return this.optional(element) || check;

	}, 

	"Please enter a correct date"

);



/**

 * matches US phone number format 

 * 

 * where the area code may not start with 1 and the prefix may not start with 1 

 * allows '-' or ' ' as a separator and allows parens around area code 

 * some people may want to put a '1' in front of their number 

 * 

 * 1(212)-999-2345

 * or

 * 212 999 2344

 * or

 * 212-999-0983

 * 

 * but not

 * 111-123-5434

 * and not

 * 212 123 4567

 */

jQuery.validator.addMethod("phone", function(phone_number, element) {

    phone_number = phone_number.replace(/\s+/g, ""); 

	return this.optional(element) || phone_number.length > 9 &&

		phone_number.match(/^(1-?)?(\([2-9]\d{2}\)|[2-9]\d{2})-?[2-9]\d{2}-?\d{4}$/);

}, "Please specify a valid phone number");



// TODO check if value starts with <, otherwise don't try stripping anything

jQuery.validator.addMethod("strippedminlength", function(value, element, param) {

	return jQuery(value).text().length >= param;

}, jQuery.format("Please enter at least {0} characters"));



// same as email, but TLD is optional

jQuery.validator.addMethod("email2", function(value, element, param) {

	return this.optional(element) || /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)*(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i.test(value); 

}, jQuery.validator.messages.email);