<form name="password_strength" method="POST" id="pass_form"> <label>Enter a password</label> <input type="password" name="pass" id="pass" /> <span id="passstrength"></span> </form>
$('#pass').keyup(function(e) { var strongRegex = new RegExp("^(?=.{8,})(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*\\W).*$", "g"); var mediumRegex = new RegExp("^(?=.{7,})(((?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z]))|((?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[0-9]))|((?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9]))).*$", "g"); var enoughRegex = new RegExp("(?=.{6,}).*", "g"); if (false == enoughRegex.test($(this).val())) { $('#passstrength').html('More Characters'); } else if (strongRegex.test($(this).val())) { $('#passstrength').className = 'ok'; $('#passstrength').html('Strong!'); } else if (mediumRegex.test($(this).val())) { $('#passstrength').className = 'alert'; $('#passstrength').html('Medium!'); } else { $('#passstrength').className = 'error'; $('#passstrength').html('Weak!'); } return true; });
jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/aleem/KE3RB/8/