How about this:

GOOD.CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
GOOD.CHARS := "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
GOOD.CHARS := "0123456789.-_@"

INPUT EMAIL.ADDR
TEST.ADDR = EMAIL.ADDR

CONVERT GOOD.CHARS TO "" IN TEST.ADDR
IF TEST.ADDR # "" THEN
        No, No, Bad User
        Do It Over
END

Hope this helps!

Jeff Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald & Long, Inc.

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Derlien
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:41 AM
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: [U2] Validating an email adress 

Hi folks,

I'm completely new to the use of pattern matching in UniVerse,
and i need a neat way to validate an email adress, so i can return an error
if it contains any illegal chars, i guess legal chars is a-z,A-Z,0-9,.-_@

does anyone have nice way to do this ??

best regards from sunny denmark

Claus Derlien
edb-afdelingen
direkte : 63 13 86 69
email   : [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Frie Funktionfrer - faglig organisation og tvfrfaglig a-kasse - www.f-f.dk

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