On 10/24/07, Andrew Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+ # any character repeated from the set memorized into $1
> )@ # followed by an @
> ([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+) # any character repeated from the set memorized into $2
> \.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})$ # any alphabetic character in both cases 2 - 5 in length
> into $3
>
> It looks like it will match an email address
snipNope, it looks like it is a naive attempt to match an email address. This pattern will not match many valid email addresses. For instance, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a valid email address that will fail. For the formal definition of an email address's grammar see RFC2822*. In general it is a bad idea to write this yourself since there is already a module that does it for you: Regexp::Common::Email::Address**. * http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.4.1 ** http://search.cpan.org/dist/Regexp-Common-Email-Address/lib/Regexp/Common/Email/Address.pm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
