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Created January 4, 2014 07:26
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True javascript email regex
/**
* Validate email function with regualr expression
* See http://regex101.com/r/pN0fP5
* If email isn't valid then return false
*
* @param email
* @return Boolean
*/
function validateEmail (email) {
var emailReg = new RegExp(/^(("[\w-\s]+")|([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)|("[\w-\s]+")([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*))(@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$)|(@\[?((25[0-5]\.|2[0-4][0-9]\.|1[0-9]{2}\.|[0-9]{1,2}\.))((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\.){2}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\]?$)/i);
var valid = emailReg.test(email);
if (!valid) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
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