Email Address Pattern Matching

[Jim Hamer]

Greeting Listers,

 

I'm trying to develop a pattern match for a generic e-mail address to put in
the Pattern for the e_mail_address element in the dictionary. Here's what I
have so far:

 

"(^|!.|#)*!@(^|#)*!.(^|#)*"

 

That is, (any character or decimal or digit) repeating and then the
character @ and then (any character or digit) repeating and then the
character . and then (any character or digit) repeating.

 

I think this will do but I wonder if there is a more comprehensive pattern
that I should be using. My purpose is to catch typos by the office staff
(spaces, for example).

 

Thanks,

Jim

 

Jim Hamer

 

jhamer at milk.org

(905) 821-8970 ext 233

 

jim.hamer at hamerdata.com

(416) 489-3298

 

www.hamerdata.com

 

 

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