I'm really new to regex in general. All I need is it to check and make sure ([email protected]) works. I've tried this.
var checkEmail = /^\w+@\w+.[a-zA-Z]/;
Is something like this correct for what I'm looking for?
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1Couldn't you test this yourself? Like at regexpal.com– j08691Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 17:38
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This may be a good start -> stackoverflow.com/questions/940577/…– lshettylCommented Mar 31, 2014 at 17:39
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possible duplicate of jQuery regex validation of e-mail address– j08691Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 17:40
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@j08691 I would have if I knew this website existed. Thanks for showing me.– CorjavaCommented Mar 31, 2014 at 18:20
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To refine what you have:
var checkEmail = /^\w+@\w+\.[a-zA-Z]+/;
What you posted it close (you should escape the . so it doesn't match any character and add a + after the [a-zA-Z] because top-level domains are at least 2 character I think), but for something like an email address that actually has a long and little known spec, I would just use someone else's regex.
Here's a site with more info:
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1Yeah, I've seen some very specific realistic regex for E-Mails, but this is just for a class assignment that doesn't need all the specifics. Thanks for the help though.– CorjavaCommented Mar 31, 2014 at 17:44
You should escape the dot, otherwise it is a meta character that matches anything. Try:
/^\w+@\w+.[a-zA-Z]/
