It's in an XML file, so you need to use XML escaping, not C/Java escaping. (*Chris*)
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:41 AM, seeking_solution <pankajj.j...@gmail.com>wrote: > > In struts I have regular expression for validating email like this - > <constant> > <constant-name>EMail</constant-name> > > > <constant-value>^([a-zA-Z0-9]([\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])*[...@[a-za-z0-9]([\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])*\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\.]*[a-zA-Z])[\s]*$</constant-value> > </constant> > > Now I want to allow & in the email. I tried like this > > > <constant-value>^([a-zA-Z0-9&]([\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9&])*[...@[a-za-z0-9]([\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])*\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\.]*[a-zA-Z])[\s]*$</constant-value> > > OR > > > <constant-value>^([a-zA-Z0-9]([\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])*[...@[a-za-z0-9]([\w\.-&]*[a-zA-Z0-9])*\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\.]*[a-zA-Z])[\s]*$</constant-value> > > I also tried escaping special char using \&. > > But its not working. gives error at deploy time. > > Please help > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Regular-expressions---Email-Validation-tp28097766p28097766.html > Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > >
