It's so simple! Seriously, I've said it before -- Regex Buddy is awesome.
Here's the output:
email explanation
/^(\w+(?:\.\w+)*)@((?:\w+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z
]{2})?)$/
Match the character "/" literally «/»
Assert position at the start of the string «^»
Match the regular expression below and capture its match into backreference
number 1 «(\w+(?:\.\w+)*)»
Match a single character that is a "word character" (letters, digits,
etc.) «\w+»
Between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving
back as needed (greedy) «+»
Match the regular expression below «(?:\.\w+)*»
Between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving
back as needed (greedy) «*»
Match the character "." literally «\.»
Match a single character that is a "word character" (letters, digits,
etc.) «\w+»
Between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving
back as needed (greedy) «+»
Match the character "@" literally [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Match the regular expression below and capture its match into backreference
number 2 «((?:\w+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})»
Match the regular expression below «(?:\w+\.)*»
Between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving
back as needed (greedy) «*»
Match a single character that is a "word character" (letters, digits,
etc.) «\w+»
Between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving
back as needed (greedy) «+»
Match the character "." literally «\.»
Match a single character that is a "word character" (letters, digits,
etc.) «\w»
Match a single character present in the list below «[\w-]{0,66}»
Between zero and 66 times, as many times as possible, giving back as
needed (greedy) «{0,66}»
Match a single character that is a "word character" (letters, digits,
etc.) «\w»
The character "-" «-»
Match the character "." literally «\.»
Match the regular expression below and capture its match into backreference
number 3 «([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z
]{2})?)»
Match a single character in the range between "a" and "z" «[a-z]{2,6}»
Between 2 and 6 times, as many times as possible, giving back as
needed (greedy) «{2,6}»
Match the regular expression below «(?:\.[a-z
]{2})?»
Between zero and one times, as many times as possible, giving back as
needed (greedy) «?»
Match the character "." literally «\.»
Match a single character present in the list below «[a-z
]{2}»
Exactly 2 times «{2}»
A character in the range between "a" and "z" «a-z»
One of the characters "
" «
»
Assert position at the end of the string (or before the line break at the
end of the string, if any) «$»
Match the character "/" literally «/»
Created with RegexBuddy
On 3/1/07 11:11 AM, "Timothy Boyden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any RegExp gurus care to do an educational breakdown of the RegEx filter
> in that function?
>
> I just can't get my head around regular expressions, too much like
> algebra and Perl ;-p
>
> TIA,
>
> Tim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Alvaro P.
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 10:57 AM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] RegExp Assistance
>
> I use this function:
>
> function validateEmail(email)
> {
> var
> filter=/^(\w+(?:\.\w+)*)@((?:\w+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z
> ]{2})?)$/i;
> if(filter.test(email)==true) {
> return true;
> } else{
> return false;
> }
>
> }
>
>
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