Cant get email validation working in Jquery

Question

Hey guys am having a bit of problems with my jQuery, I have all the input validations all working, but I cant get my REGEX code working for validating my email. tried entering "[email protected]" my personal email and my work email and all of them dont work.

Any help is highly appriciated.

var regex = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-\+])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/;
  $('.submitbutton').click(function () {
    if ($("input.name").val() == '') {
        alert("Name is a required field");
        return false;
    }
    else if ($("input.email").val() == '') {
        alert("Email is a required field");
        return false;
    }
    else if (!regex.test("input.email")) {
        alert("This is not a valid email address");
        return false;
    }
    else if ($("textarea.message").val() == '') {
        alert("Message is a required field");
        return false;
    }
    else {
        return true;
    }
});

Cheers

Check this out ask.altervista.org/demo/jquery-validate-e-mail-address-regex — jacktheripper
– jacktheripper, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 14:57
Consider updating your regex. The following valid addresses will not be matched by your regex: [email protected] , [email protected], etc — Sujay
– Sujay, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 15:29

Ryan · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-13 14:56:27Z

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In regex.test("input.email"), you're testing if the actual string "input.email" is matching the regex. Instead, you should test the value of input.email element.

So use:

regex.test($("input.email").val())

answered Jun 13, 2012 at 14:56

Ryan

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