If you want to see if a variable contains a @, do what the other
suggested. If you want to see if you have (at least) a well formed
email address (with optional MX host checking) look at Email::Valid.
Cheers,
Kevin
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 11:58:11PM -0400, Daniel Falkenberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) s
On 4/15/02 10:38 PM, Timothy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the preferred way to do a negative match is with the !~ operator.
>
> if( $email !~ /@/ )
>
> at this point you don't really need to check if $email eq "", because if it
> does it will not have an @ in it.
>
> I'm not su
al Message-
From: bob ackerman
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 4/15/02 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: Checking and email address
On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 08:58 PM, Daniel Falkenberg wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> How would I go about checking to see if a variable contains an @
symbol?
>
> $
On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 08:58 PM, Daniel Falkenberg wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> How would I go about checking to see if a variable contains an @ symbol?
>
> $email = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
>
> if ($email ne "@" || $email eq "") {
> print "Please make sure your type your email address in correc
On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 08:58 PM, Daniel Falkenberg wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> How would I go about checking to see if a variable contains an @ symbol?
>
> $email = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
>
> if ($email ne "@" || $email eq "") {
> print "Please make sure your type your email address in correc
