Regex Email validation

Question

I use this

@\"^([\\w\\.\\-]+)@([\\w\\-]+)((\\.(\\w){2,3})+)$\"

regexp to validate the email

([\\w\\.\\-]+) - this is f

Answer 1

I think your caret and dollar sign are part of the problem You should also modify the regex a little, I use the next @"[ :]+([\w.-]+)@([\w-.])+((.(\w){2,3})+)"

Answer 2

I've been using the Regex.IsMatch().

First of all you need to add the next statement:

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

Then the method looks like:

private bool EmailValidation(string pEmail)
{
                 return Regex.IsMatch(pEmail,
                 @"^(?("")("".+?(?<!\\)""@)|(([0-9a-z]((\.(?!\.))|[-!#\$%&'\*\+/=\?\^`\{\}\|~\w])*)(?<=[0-9a-z])@))" +
                 @"(?(\[)(\[(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\])|(([0-9a-z][-\w]*[0-9a-z]*\.)+[a-z0-9][\-a-z0-9]{0,22}[a-z0-9]))$",
                 RegexOptions.IgnoreCase, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250));
}

It's a private method because of my logic but you can put the method as static in another Layer such as "Utilities" and call it from where you need.

Answer 3

Best email validation regex

[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?

And it's usage :-

bool isEmail = Regex.IsMatch(emailString, @"\A(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?)\Z", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

Answer 4

I found nice document on MSDN for it.

How to: Verify that Strings Are in Valid Email Format http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/01escwtf.aspx (check out that this code also supports the use of non-ASCII characters for Internet domain names.)

There are 2 implementation, for .Net 2.0/3.0 and for .Net 3.5 and higher.
the 2.0/3.0 version is:

bool IsValidEmail(string strIn)
{
    // Return true if strIn is in valid e-mail format.
    return Regex.IsMatch(strIn, @"^([\w-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([\w-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$"); 
}

My tests over this method give:

Invalid: @majjf.com
Invalid: A@b@c@example.com
Invalid: Abc.example.com
Valid: j..s@proseware.com
Valid: j.@server1.proseware.com
Invalid: js*@proseware.com
Invalid: js@proseware..com
Valid: ma...ma@jjf.co
Valid: ma.@jjf.com
Invalid: ma@@jjf.com
Invalid: ma@jjf.
Invalid: ma@jjf..com
Invalid: ma@jjf.c
Invalid: ma_@jjf
Invalid: ma_@jjf.
Valid: ma_@jjf.com
Invalid: -------
Valid: 12@hostname.com
Valid: d.j@server1.proseware.com
Valid: david.jones@proseware.com
Valid: j.s@server1.proseware.com
Invalid: j@proseware.com9
Valid: j_9@[129.126.118.1]
Valid: jones@ms1.proseware.com
Invalid: js#internal@proseware.com
Invalid: js@proseware.com9
Invalid: js@proseware.com9
Valid: m.a@hostname.co
Valid: m_a1a@hostname.com
Valid: ma.h.saraf.onemore@hostname.com.edu
Valid: ma@hostname.com
Invalid: ma@hostname.comcom
Invalid: MA@hostname.coMCom
Valid: ma12@hostname.com
Valid: ma-a.aa@hostname.com.edu
Valid: ma-a@hostname.com
Valid: ma-a@hostname.com.edu
Valid: ma-a@1hostname.com
Valid: ma.a@1hostname.com
Valid: ma@1hostname.com

Answer 5

Try this on for size:

public static bool IsValidEmailAddress(this string s)
{
    var regex = new Regex(@"[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?");
    return regex.IsMatch(s);
}

Answer 6

new System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.EmailAddressAttribute().IsValid(input)