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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by canpolat to c/programming

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

You can do that when you control the frontend UI. Then, you can set up the input field for their name, applying input validation.

But I would rather not rely on telling the user, in hopes they understand and comply. If they have ways to do it wrong, they will.