Javascript regex to match a person's height

Question

I need a javascript regex pattern to match a person's height to check if the input is valid. Here are some sample input:

5' 9"

6'

5'8"

Any ideas?

Answer 1

If you want to make sure that no one mucks around with it, you could limit it to sensible ranges, eg: 3' to 7'11''

/^(3-7)'(?:\s*(?:1[01]|0-9)(''|"))?$/

I always thought that the "inches" mark was a double quote ("), compared to VonC's answer where he put it as two single quotes (''), so this regex takes both into consideration.