Re: Shuckin' the Email Addy

Note that the perlfaq correctly notes that there is no simple regex to match an RFC-822 compliant e-mail address. Please note this!

With that in mind, if your data file is as simple as what you say, I would do something like this:

(undef, $address, undef) = split '', $line;

I wouldn't bother with trying to match anything else, I'd just split. Again, this depends on your text file being *very* simple, as simple as you've described it above.

For anything else, the modules Email::Find and Email::Valid might come in handy.

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RE: Re: Shuckin' the Email Addy by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Sep 07, 2000 at 17:14 UTC
There is a module EMail::Find specifically for searching text for e-mail addresses. I don't know how well it works. It does come with RFC822 validation code (Email::Valid, mentioned elsewhere), though. There is also a module RFC::RFC822::Address that checks (strictly) for the validity of an RFC822 e-mail address.	[reply]
RE: RE: Re: Shuckin' the Email Addy by merlyn (Sage) on Sep 07, 2000 at 17:19 UTC
I believe Email::Valid was also mentioned. Both this and RFC::RFC822::Address approach the same problem from slightly different tactics. One requires Parse::RecDescent, if I recall. Of course, that's everywhere I am. {grin} -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
RE: Re: Shuckin' the Email Addy by Anonymous Monk on Sep 07, 2000 at 06:53 UTC
chromatic, that is exactly what I need! Thanks. By the way, you're advisory about trying to validate e-mail addresses is well-taken, but the format of the source file is pretty simple so your split idea should fit the bill. Thanks again.	[reply]


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