To echo Gene's point, I have a VFP prg that validates email addresses. It's way more verbose but I can make sure I am testing all the rules around valid email addresses.
-- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Wirchenko Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Regular Expression Search At 08:50 2014-01-07, Laurie Alvey <[email protected]> wrote: >I thought of doing something similar but thought that a regular >expression would be simpler. <SNICKER> Spot the famous quote! Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. Regexes sure get talked up, but they can easily turn into write-only code. I have used them for simple expressions. Rather than try to handle complex expressions with one regex, I use simple regexes with some other processing and glue code. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/DF1EEF11E586A64FB54A97F22A8BD044229CE9E0CF@ACKBWDDQH1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
