# Is it possible to detect if a field is a text string vs numbers? (Data Validation for forms)

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**Created:** [May 26, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-it-possible-to-detect-if-a-field-is-a-text-string-vs-numbers-data-validation-for-forms/42407 "2022-05-26T17:29:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-it-possible-to-detect-if-a-field-is-a-text-string-vs-numbers-data-validation-for-forms/42407/2 "2022-05-26T17:53:29Z")

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Hola

What you need is a kind of validation based on RegEx (Regular Expression).

Take a look at this [RegEx challenge (or just seems that way)](https://community.glideapps.com/t/regex-challenge-or-just-seems-that-way/36138)

Saludos!

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