[RESOLVED] Form email address validation

[samwisegamgee16]

Trying to ensure an email address is in the correct format, but it is showing the alert message regardless what is typed in.
How do you check if a field is NOT in the correct format?? Currently im using the code below:

function validateOnSubmit()
      {

var email = "";
var theEmail = document.example.email.value;
var atLoc = theEmail.indexOf("@",1);
var dotLoc = theEmail.indexOf(".",atLoc+2);
var len = theEmail.length;

if (document.example.email.value=="")
		{
		  alert("Please enter your email address")
		  document.example.email.focus();
		  document.example.email.select();
		  return false;
		}


	if (document.example.email != (atLoc > 1 && dotLoc > 1 && len > dotLoc+2))
	{
	  alert("Please check your email address")
	  return false;
	}

return true;

}

[JMRKER]

Two questions:
1. What kind of error(s),if any, are you getting in the JS console?
2. Do you have your form and elements named 'example' and 'email'?

[samwisegamgee16]

Problem solved

if (!(atLoc > 1 && dotLoc > 1 && len > dotLoc+2))

Thanks anyways

[Mr. Ram]

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sh...502#post805502