Javascript E-mail Address Validation

In forms when using email ID fields it is a good idea to use client side validation along with your programming language validation. The following example shows how you can validate an email address for a form. The script is cross browser compatibe (works for all browsers).

Example

Example of email validation

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JavaScript Code

function echeck(str) {

var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		   alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		   return false
		}

if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		   return false
		}

if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		}

if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

return true					
	}

function ValidateForm(){
	var emailID=document.frmSample.txtEmail
	
	if ((emailID.value==null)||(emailID.value=="")){
		alert("Please Enter your Email ID")
		emailID.focus()
		return false
	}
	if (echeck(emailID.value)==false){
		emailID.value=""
		emailID.focus()
		return false
	}
	return true
 }
</script>

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Explanation of the Code

The JavaScript has two functions:

Function echeck is used to verify if the given value is a possible valid email address. This function thus simply makes sure the email address has one (@), atleast one (.). It also makes sure that there are no spaces, extra '@'s or a (.) just before or after the @. It also makes sure that there is atleast one (.) after the @.
Function ValidateForm is used to make sure that the email field is not blank and that it is a valid email address on form submission.