[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does it really need to be a regular expression? Why not just write a
> short function that breaks apart the input and validates each part?
>
> def IsEmail(addr):
> 'Returns True if addr appears to be a valid email address'
>
> # we don't allow stuff like [EMAIL PROT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does it really need to be a regular expression? Why not just write a
> short function that breaks apart the input and validates each part?
>
> def IsEmail(addr):
> 'Returns True if addr appears to be a valid email address'
>
> # we don't allow stuff like [EMAIL PROT
Does it really need to be a regular expression? Why not just write a
short function that breaks apart the input and validates each part?
def IsEmail(addr):
'Returns True if addr appears to be a valid email address'
# we don't allow stuff like [EMAIL PROTECTED]@biff.com
if addr.count('@') !=
Jim wrote:
> There is a precise one in a Perl module, I believe.
> http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html
> Can you swipe that?
>
> Jim
>
I can swipe it... but it causes my head to explode. I get unbalanced
paratheses errors when trying to make it work as a python re... it mak
* rbt wrote:
> Is it possible to write an re that _only_ matches email addresses?
No. The only way to check if the matched thing is a mail address is to send
a mail and ask the supposed receiver whether he got it.
The grammar in RFC 2822 nearly matches anything with an @ in it. So, how
accurate
Jim> http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html
Maybe Cafe Express could be convinced to put that on a t-shirt...
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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 pro
OMG, that is so ugly :D
Jim wrote:
> There is a precise one in a Perl module, I believe.
> http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html
> Can you swipe that?
>
> Jim
>
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There is a precise one in a Perl module, I believe.
http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html
Can you swipe that?
Jim
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