Hi, I am using a code I copied from another website
[code]Dim emailAddress As String = "test@email.com "
Dim re As RegEx
re = New RegEx
Dim rm As RegExMatch
re.SearchPattern = “[a-z0-9!#$%&’+/=?^_{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~-]+)@(?:a-z0-9?\.)+a-z0-9?”
rm = re.Search(emailAddress)
if rm = Nil Then
msgbox “false”
Else
msgbox “true”
End if[/code]
Does anyone know why it returns true for this email ? Note the empty char at the end.
[quote=134386:@Walter Sander]Hi, I am using a code I copied from another website
[code]Dim emailAddress As String = "test@email.com "
Dim re As RegEx
re = New RegEx
Dim rm As RegExMatch
re.SearchPattern = “[a-z0-9!#$%&’+/=?^_{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~-]+)@(?:a-z0-9?\.)+a-z0-9?”
rm = re.Search(emailAddress)
if rm = Nil Then
msgbox “false”
Else
msgbox “true”
End if[/code]
Does anyone know why it returns true for this email ? Note the empty char at the end.[/quote]
if you are running on a Mac, RegExEx has great samples on detecting email addresses and such in it. Otherwise I would chat with @Kem Tekinay …
The string contains a valid email address. If you want to verify that the string is a valid email, try this:
re.SearchPattern = “^[a-z0-9!#$%&’+/=?^_{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~-]+)@(?:a-z0-9?\.)+a-z0-9?$”
@Mark Walsh thanks, that one seems to work okay 
@scott boss nop, I am using Windows.
still reach out to @Kem Tekinay as he is the RegEx guru.