Hi all,
I've got some javascript to validate entries on a webform. It checks to make sure that each required field has something in it. I would like to also validate that the email address at least looks like a valid one. Here's the javascript:

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function checkform(of)
        {
        // Test if DOM is available and there is an element called required
            if(!document.getElementById || !document.createTextNode){return;}
            if(!document.getElementById('required')){return;}

        // Define error messages and split the required fields
            var errorID='errormsg';
            var errorClass='error'
            var errorMsg='Please enter or change the fields marked with a ';
            var errorImg='alert.gif';
            var errorAlt='Error';
            var errorTitle='This field has an error!';
            var reqfields=document.getElementById('required').valu e.split(',');

        // Cleanup old mess
            // if there is an old errormessage field, delete it
            if(document.getElementById(errorID))
            {
                var em=document.getElementById(errorID);
                em.parentNode.removeChild(em);
            }
            // remove old images and classes from the required fields
            for(var i=0;i<reqfields.length;i++)
            {
                var f=document.getElementById(reqfields[i]);
                if(!f){continue;}
                if(f.previousSibling && /img/i.test(f.previousSibling.nodeName))
                {
                    f.parentNode.removeChild(f.previousSibling);
                }
                f.className='';
            }
        // loop over required fields
            for(var i=0;i<reqfields.length;i++)
            {
        // check if required field is there
                var f=document.getElementById(reqfields[i]);
                if(!f){continue;}
        // test if the required field has an error,
        // according to its type
                switch(f.type.toLowerCase())
                {
                    case 'text':
                        if(f.value=='' && f.id!='email'){cf_adderr(f)}
        // email is a special field and needs checking
                        if(f.id=='email' && !cf_isEmailAddr(f.value)){cf_adderr(f)}
                    break;
                    case 'textarea':
                        if(f.value==''){cf_adderr(f)}
                    break;
                    case 'checkbox':
                        if(!f.checked){cf_adderr(f)}
                    break;
                    case 'select-one':
                        if(!f.selectedIndex && f.selectedIndex==0){cf_adderr(f)}
                    break;
                }
            }
            return !document.getElementById(errorID);

            /* Tool methods */
            function cf_adderr(o)
            {
                // create image, add to and colourise the error fields
                var errorIndicator=document.createElement('img');
                errorIndicator.alt=errorAlt;
                errorIndicator.src=errorImg;
                errorIndicator.title=errorTitle;
                o.className=errorClass;
                o.parentNode.insertBefore(errorIndicator,o);

            // Check if there is no error message
                if(!document.getElementById(errorID))
                {
                // create errormessage and insert before submit button
                    var em=document.createElement('div');
                    em.id=errorID;
                    var newp=document.createElement('p');
                    newp.appendChild(document.createTextNode(errorMsg) )
                    // clone and insert the error image
                    newp.appendChild(errorIndicator.cloneNode(true));
                    em.appendChild(newp);
                    // find the submit button
                    for(var i=0;i<of.getElementsByTagName('input').length;i++)
                    {
                        if(/submit/i.test(of.getElementsByTagName('input')[i].type))
                        {
                            var sb=of.getElementsByTagName('input')[i];
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    if(sb)
                    {
                        sb.parentNode.insertBefore(em,sb);
                    }
                }
            }
            function cf_isEmailAddr(str)
            {
                     var at="@"
                                var dot="."
                                var lat=str.indexOf(at)
                                var lstr=str.length
                                var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
                                if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
                                    return str.match();
                                }

                                if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
                                    return str.match();
                                }

                                if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
                                    return str.match();
                                }

                                 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
                                    return str.match();
                                }

                                 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
                                    return str.match();
                                }

                                 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
                                    return str.match();
                                }

                                 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
                                    return str.match();
                                }

                      return str.match(/^[\w-]+(\.[\w-]+)*@([\w-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}$/);
                             ***Note this was the original - didn't work.
                             //return str.match(/^[\w-]+(\.[\w-]+)*@([\w-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}$/);
            }
        }
    </script>


Thanks in advance!

dartcoach

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