A better one for email may be [EMAIL PROTECTED] \.]*[a-zA-Z]$
-----Original Message----- From: Omega -1911 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 October 2007 08:48 To: beginners perl Subject: Re: Trying to figureout regex please help 1. ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@ Can contain a group of letters (case insensitive) or numbers (0-9), a period, underscore, hyphen and the @ sign is required. 2. ([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\. Can contain a group of letters (case insensitive) or numbers (0-9), a period, hyphen, underscore and end with a period. 3. ([a-zA-Z]{2,5})$ Can contain a group of letters (case insensitive), and must be between 2-5 characters in length. Hence: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or .tv, .net, .biz) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ This e-mail is from the PA Group. For more information, see www.thepagroup.com. This e-mail may contain confidential information. Only the addressee is permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is personal to the sender and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Group. Any e-mail reply to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/