rbt> re.compile('([EMAIL PROTECTED])')
rbt> re.compile(r'[EMAIL PROTECTED],4}')
rbt> re.compile('(\S+)@(\S+)')
rbt> All of these will find email addys, but they also find other
rbt> things.
I think the only way to decide if your regular expression does what you want
is to provide a set of strings it must accept and another set which it must
reject. Supply those two sets and I'm sure any number of people here can
come up with a regular express that distinguishes the two sets.
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