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Hi guys, I need help, I'm new to scripting and I've been trying to figure out how to do number 1. I've got the error message which checks if the "@" symbol is at the beginning of the input, but I don't know how to do it when the user puts the "@" at the end.

1. Check the "@" symbol is not at the beginning or end of the input, else display a specific message.

2. Check there is a period to the right of @
check that there is enough room for at least a one
character domain name and at least a two character top
level domain between the @, the period, and the end of
the email. The minimum size for the complete host name
would look like this: ...@d.ca

3. The last period must be at least two positions to the right of @ and the last period must be at least 2 positions from the end (think length) of the address. The InStrRev()
function is useful to find the last period.

I'm trying to work on 2 and 3, chances are I'm going to ask help for those too. Anyway, that's just the part I need help on. It's just about basic VB functions. We're only using InStr, InStrRev, Len.

Thanks for any help!
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Post by jvierra »

Regex is a vbscript function/class that is well documented.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974570.aspx

This is how we do things in the real world. If you professor doesn't know about this then you need to get a different school/professor.

Of course it may be that your professor wants you to learns something so he is giving you a limited challenge to make you think your way through the instructions.

Start by actually trying to write the script then ask a specific question when you get stuck.

We will not do your homework for you.

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No, he probably does know this RegEx script, but I`m only on my first year and hes only teaching us the basics of writing a VBscript.

And I do have a script I`m stuck on how to get an error message when the "@" sign is placed at the end of the input box.

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<% Option Explicit 
 
Const TITLE = "" 
Const SCRIPT_DESC = "Bit to Bytes conversion." 
Const BR = "<br>"  
Const SUBMIT_BUTTON = "Submit" 
 
' input/output variables 
Dim submit, conversionCode, inputValue, email 
 
' output variables 
Dim message, Error1, Error2, Error3, total, text 
 
' work variables 
Dim isInputValid, posAT, posDot, atSearch 
 
' assign initial value of validation flag 
isInputValid = True 
 
' retrieve submit button from HTML FORM 
submit = Request.Form("submit") 
conversionCode = Ucase(Trim(Request.Form("conversionCode"))) 
inputValue = Request.Form("inputValue") 
email = Lcase(Trim(Request.Form("email"))) 
posAT = InStr(email, "@") 
posDot = InStr(email, ".") 
 
' check if script requested by URL or FORM was submitted by user 
IF submit <> "" THEN 'FORM was submitted by user. 
 
     ' this checks the user's input field 1 if input is valid. If a problem is found, set isInputValid = FALSE and tell user about this particular input field's problem and how to correct it. 
     IF conversionCode = "" THEN 'no input 
          isInputValid = False 'tell the program there was a problem 
          Error1 = "Please enter a code." 'tell user how to fix the problem 
     ELSEIF conversionCode <> "AB" AND conversionCode <> "BB" THEN 'unknown conversion code 
          isInputValid = False 'tell the program there was a problem 
          Error1 = "Please enter the following codes: AB or BB" 'tell the user how to fix the problem 
     END IF 
      
     ' this IF statement checks if the second input field is valid. If a problem is found, set isInputValid = FALSE and tell the user about the particular problem and how to correct it. 
     IF inputValue = "" THEN 'no input 
          isInputValid = False 
          Error2 = "Please enter a number to convert." 
     ELSEIF isNumeric(inputValue)=False THEN 'checks if the input is a number 
          isInputValid = False 
          Error2 = "Please input a numeric value." 
     ELSEIF Ccur(inputValue) < 0 THEN 'compare after converting to numeric. 
          isInputValid = False 
          Error2 = "This must be greater than zero." 
     END IF 
      
     IF Len(email) = 0 THEN 'no email address provided 
          isInputValid = False 
          Error3 = "Please type in your email address." 
     ELSEIF InStr(email, "@") = 0 THEN 
          isInputValid = False 
          Error3 = "No '@' sign found." 
     ELSEIF posAT = 1 THEN 
          isInputValid = False 
          Error3 = "The '@' sign cannot be placed at the begginning or at the end of the email."      
     END IF 
 
END IF ' submit <> ""   ' FORM was submitted by user 
%>
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Post by jvierra »

Hint. Instruction1 says:
1. Check the "@" symbol is not at the beginning or end of the input, else display a specific message.

Using InStr test for zero will prove what? What does InStr return?

What is true if the @ is at the end of the string? What function tells us about the end of the string and how would we use that to test?

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