E-mail Validation not working

[zed420]

Hi All

Can some please tell me what is wrong with my code it keeps giving me the error message even with right Email address. Some help will be greatly appreciated.

if (myform.email.value !=  "/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/"){
alert("Invalid E-mail Address! Please re-enter.");
myform.email.focus();
return (false)
}
return (true);
}

Thanks

Zed

[mtoynbee]

This doesn't look anything like the way I do regular expressions.

 

Try this URL:

 

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_regexp.asp

 

Also, remember you need to use the double equals sign for validation.

[KevinM1]

This doesn't look anything like the way I do regular expressions.

 

Try this URL:

 

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_regexp.asp

 

Also, remember you need to use the double equals sign for validation.

 

To expand on this, you (the OP) would want to do something like:

var regex = new RegExp("/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/", "gi");

if(!regex.test(myform.email.value))
{
   alert("Invalid e-mail address!");
   myform.email.focus();
   return false;
}
else
{
   return true;
}