RE: Is there a 'does not contain' comparison?

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23881
interpreted = N
texte = Greetings:> [Hideif [email]=@.][math]err=1[/math] > You must enter a valid Email Address.
> [/hideif]You can't do what you want, but you could do this which would catch if it had 2 emails:[Hideif [email]=@] [Hideif [email]=.] [math]err=1[/math] You must enter a valid Email Address.
[/hideif] [/hideif]If you want a really good email checker, create the following include file:===checkEmail.inc=== [math show=f]xtotal=1[/math][math show=f]ilen=[countChars][args][/countChars][/math][text]varEnds=[getchars start=1&end=1][args][/getchars][getchars start=[math]ilen[/math]&end=[math]ilen[/math]][args][/getchars][/text][text] varMid=[getchars start=2&end=[math]ilen-1[/math]][args][/getchars][/text][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varMid[/text]^@]1[/showif][hideif [text]varMid[/text]^@]0[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varMid[/text]^.]1[/showif][hideif [text]varMid[/text]^.]0[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varEnds[/text]^@]0[/showif][hideif [text]varEnds[/text]^@]1[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varEnds[/text]^.]0[/showif][hideif [text]varEnds[/text]^.]1[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [args]^ ]0[/showif][hideif [args]^ ]1[/hideif][/math][showif [math]xtotal[/math]=1]T[/showif][hideif [math]xtotal[/math]=1]F[/hideif] ===/checkEmail.inc===Now call this as follows:[Hideif [include file=checkEmail.inc&args=[yourEmailVarToCheck]]=T] [math]err=1[/math] You must enter a valid Email Address.
[/hideif]This will check for lots of things and catch most malformed email addresses (thanks Harry).Aloha, Olin Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. RE: Is there a 'does not contain' comparison? (webcat 1999)
  2. Re: Is there a 'does not contain' comparison? (Bob Minor 1999)
  3. RE: Is there a 'does not contain' comparison? (Olin Lagon 1999)
  4. Re: Is there a 'does not contain' comparison? (Kenneth Grome 1999)
Greetings:> [Hideif [email]=@.][math]err=1[/math] > You must enter a valid Email Address.
> [/hideif]You can't do what you want, but you could do this which would catch if it had 2 emails:[Hideif [email]=@] [Hideif [email]=.] [math]err=1[/math] You must enter a valid Email Address.
[/hideif] [/hideif]If you want a really good email checker, create the following include file:===checkEmail.inc=== [math show=f]xtotal=1[/math][math show=f]ilen=[countchars][args][/countChars][/math][text]varEnds=[getchars start=1&end=1][args][/getchars][getchars start=[math]ilen[/math]&end=[math]ilen[/math]][args][/getchars][/text][text] varMid=[getchars start=2&end=[math]ilen-1[/math]][args][/getchars][/text][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varMid[/text]^@]1[/showif][hideif [text]varMid[/text]^@]0[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varMid[/text]^.]1[/showif][hideif [text]varMid[/text]^.]0[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varEnds[/text]^@]0[/showif][hideif [text]varEnds[/text]^@]1[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [text]varEnds[/text]^.]0[/showif][hideif [text]varEnds[/text]^.]1[/hideif][/math][math show=f]xtotal=xtotal*[showif [args]^ ]0[/showif][hideif [args]^ ]1[/hideif][/math][showif [math]xtotal[/math]=1]T[/showif][hideif [math]xtotal[/math]=1]F[/hideif] ===/checkEmail.inc===Now call this as follows:[Hideif [include file=checkEmail.inc&args=[yourEmailVarToCheck]]=T] [math]err=1[/math] You must enter a valid Email Address.
[/hideif]This will check for lots of things and catch most malformed email addresses (thanks Harry).Aloha, Olin Olin Lagon

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