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hi,
ok i have ap eice of code which turns emaill addys into clickable
links. heres the code.


data_body = data_body.replaceAll("([a-zA-Z_0-9]++@)[^\\s<]+", "<A
HREF=\"mailto:$0\">$0</a>");


the code works fine.. itll search the string for an addy and itll work.
however if ther is a "." or an underscore the link stops there.

<-- works

<---- only works

I've been frustrated trying to find out how to add the punctuation in
this reg exp but im lost.

If someone can help please do
thanks
morc

my mistake i didn't realise google. turned the addys into "..."

the first one is asdf @ hotmail . com <---------------works fine
the second one is as_df @ hotmail. com <---------- link gets cut off,
only df @ hot mail. com is highlighted

sorry my mistake again
underscores work fine
iits when there is a period in the addy that it cuts off. ANyone know
how i can fix this?

> data_body = data_body.replaceAll("([a-zA-Z_0-9]++@)[^\\s<]+", "<A
> HREF=\"mailto:$0\">$0</a>");
> however if ther is a "." or an underscore the link stops there.

Well, you don't have a period listed as one of the characters in the
first part of your regex, so of course it won't match.

You need:
[a-zA-Z_.0-9] (note the inclusion of the period).

thanks i forgot to remove the post cuz i had figured it out by my self.

tahnk you very mcuh anyways

-morc

"Joe Attardi" <> wrote in message
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>> data_body = data_body.replaceAll("([a-zA-Z_0-9]++@)[^\\s<]+", "<A
>> HREF=\"mailto:$0\">$0</a>");
>> however if ther is a "." or an underscore the link stops there.
>
> Well, you don't have a period listed as one of the characters in the
> first part of your regex, so of course it won't match.
>
> You need:
> [a-zA-Z_.0-9] (note the inclusion of the period).

Note that the regular expression will accept email addresses like .@. or
a@@ and other things that are obviously not valid e-mail addresses.

Recognizing e-mail addresses via regular expressions is actually
relatively difficult to get right, but also a common enough feature that
someone has already solved the problem for you.

Here's the regular expression for recognizing an e-mail address:

http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html

- Oliver

On 23 Jan 2006 09:41:23 -0800, wrote, quoted
or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>sorry my mistake again
>underscores work fine
>iits when there is a period in the addy that it cuts off. ANyone know
>how i can fix this?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/newsreader.html
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:24:05 GMT, "Oliver Wong" <>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

> Recognizing e-mail addresses via regular expressions is actually
>relatively difficult to get right, but also a common enough feature that
>someone has already solved the problem for you.

See the code for Bulk that assign a plausibilty number to an email
address. The actual standard permits all sorts of things that are
most likely errors.

See http://mindprod.com/products1.html#BULK
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http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.

"Roedy Green" < > wrote in
message news:...
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:24:05 GMT, "Oliver Wong" <>
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>
>> Recognizing e-mail addresses via regular expressions is actually
>>relatively difficult to get right, but also a common enough feature that
>>someone has already solved the problem for you.
>
> See the code for Bulk that assign a plausibilty number to an email
> address. The actual standard permits all sorts of things that are
> most likely errors.
>
> See http://mindprod.com/products1.html#BULK

Out of curiosity, why do you not accept "military use" for your bulk
e-mailing program? Or is that a standard restriction you place against all
your software?

- Oliver

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:13:25 GMT, "Oliver Wong" <>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

> Out of curiosity, why do you not accept "military use" for your bulk
>e-mailing program? Or is that a standard restriction you place against all
>your software?

see http://mindprod.com/contact/roedy.html#NONMILITARY
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http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.