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validateEmail

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  1. /**
  2.  * Checks if an email is written correctly
  3.  *
  4.  * @param	email		The email we're checking
  5.  * @return	A result boolean 
  6.  */
  7. function validateEmail(email:String):Boolean {
  8. 	//check for @		
  9. 	if (email.indexOf("@")>0) {
  10. 		// strip blank spaces at end
  11. 		if (email.indexOf(" ")>0) {
  12. 			email = email.substr(0, email.indexOf(" "));
  13. 		}
  14. 		if (email.indexOf(" ")>0) {
  15. 			// Has blank spaces in the middle. 
  16. 			return false;
  17. 		} else {
  18. 			// check for the dot 
  19. 			var ext = email.substr(email.lastIndexOf(".")+1, email.length);
  20. 			if (ext.length>1 && ext.length<4) {
  21. 				// Passed
  22. 				return true;
  23. 			} else {
  24. 				// No dot found
  25. 				return false;
  26. 			}
  27. 		}
  28. 	} else {
  29. 		// No @ found
  30. 		return false;
  31. 	}
  32. }

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