OT: regex to find email
Remy Blank
remy.blank_asps at pobox.com
Tue Sep 21 11:08:47 EDT 2004
Josh Close wrote:
> I've been trying to find a good regex to parse emails, but haven't
> found any to my liking. I basically need to have
>
> ( r'[a-z0-9\.\-\_]@[a-z0-9\.\-\_]', re.IGNORECASE )
>
> but the first part can't start with .-_ and the last part has to have
> a . in it (first/last being before/after the @).
I'd try something like (untested):
[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\._-]*@[a-z0-9\._-]+\.[a-z0-9\._-]+
Basically, you have to remember to say *how many* characters you want
of a specific set, that's what the '*' and '+' are for.
-- Remy
Remove underscore and suffix in reply address for a timely response.
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