verify email format js code example

Example 1: email regex javascript

/* Answer to: "email regex javascript" */

ValidateEmail("[email protected]"); // Must be a string

function ValidateEmail(email) {
	var emailformat = /^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(String(email).toLowerCase());
	if (email.match(emailformat)) {
    	alert("Nice Email!")
      	return true;
    };
    alert("That's not an email?!")
    return (false);
};

Example 2: email id validation in javascript

function ValidateEmail(inputText)
{
var mailformat = /^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/;
if(inputText.value.match(mailformat))
{
document.form1.text1.focus();
return true;
}
else
{
alert("You have entered an invalid email address!");
document.form1.text1.focus();
return false;
}
}