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MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Thu May 24 20:48:45 EDT 2012 
On 25/05/2012 00:03, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 24May2012 05:32, niks<nikunjparmar.it at gmail.com>  wrote:
> | Hello everyone..
> | I am new to asp.net...
>
> Time to run away fast before you're commited then:-)
> You're aware this is a _python_ list/group, yes?
>
> | I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification..
>
> You can't. Valid addresses including nesting comments. Regexps don't do
> recursion.
>
Some regex implementations _can_ do recursion.

> | Can anyone tell me how to use this and what is the meaning of
> | this
> | \w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*
>
> If you don't understand it, DON'T use it. And in any case, it is
> simplistic (== wrong). As pointed out by others in this thread.

True, it's the wrong tool for the job.
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