Hi, When I try this on IRB it works fine as follows:
/\A[\w+\-.!#$\%&'*\/\=?^`{|}~]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/.match("jd!#$\%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~oe@acme.com")
=> #<MatchData "jd!%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~oe@acme.com">
When I try it through my Ruby on Rails program I get a nil. Any idea what is happening? I am of course trying to validate an email syntax. The regex is /\A[\w+\-.!#$\%&'*\/\=?^`{|}~]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/ The data to match is jd!#$\%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~oe@acme.com
Any help greatly appreciated.
I think the follow-up question we all have is what do you specifically mean by “when I try it through by Ruby on Rails program.”
In other words, what is the context or surrounding code in which you “try it” within your rails app? This likely has a large bearing on any answer anyone can give you. I just ruled out the possibility of it being a variations in ruby versions (RVM is handy for that). Specifically, it works using irb (just as you said) in jruby (1.5.3), ree (2010.02), 1.8.7-p302 and 1.9.2-p0. It even works in 1.8.6-p399 and 1.9.1-p378.
That leaves rails context. We need code!