Regexp lookbehind javascript

Question

I have this regexp that matches correctly everything I need (all the email addresses NOT inside a link):

/((?<!mailto:|=|[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-])[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.‌-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,64}(?![a-zA-Z]|<\/[aA]>))/

Unfortunately, since javascript does not support lookbehind, it does not work on my web app. Is there a solution for that?

ronalchn · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-07 11:25:17Z

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By definition, you have to look behind to know there is no starting link tag <a> before the email address.

You can try:

match each email address, and then verify that the email address is not inside a link programmatically

or

answered Sep 7, 2012 at 11:25

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