Yep, something got munged in the copying. Thanks for catching it.
Jim
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From: Seth Petry-Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: REGEX validating email
>> Corrected RE is below. Toward the end, I added a \ at
*\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}$
>>
>> "^([[:alnum:]][-a-Sa-Z0-9_%\.]*)?[[:alnum:]]@[[:alnum:]]
>> [-a-Sa-Z0-9%\> .]*\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}$"
>
>Actually, I think your ranges are a little off. For instance, I think
you
>mean -a-zA-Z0-9 instead of -a-Sa-Z. I corrected the ranges to produce
>
>"^([[:alnum:]][-a-zA-Z0-9_%\.]*)?[[:alnum:]]@[[:alnum:]][-a-zA-Z0-9%\>
>.]*\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}$"
>
>which seems to work like a charm.
>
>> The $ at the end functions exactly like the ^ at the beginning. It
>> functions as an anchor and says "the string must end here". Otherwise,
>> any string that _begins_ with a match for the RE is seen as a match and
>> return TRUE. Using both ^ and $ means that the whole string must be a
>> match for the pattern, rather than just _containing_ the pattern.
>
>Now that you mention it, it does sound familiar. Thanks for all of the
help.
>
>Best Regards,
>Seth Petry-Johnson
>Argo Enterprise and Associates
>
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