Double escaping when converting regex from ruby to javascript

Question

I use this regex in Rails to check that an email address contains the basic parts:

/.+@.+\..+/i

I'm trying to translate that to javascript to do the same validation client side. I've tried a method given here on SO:

var translated_regex = /.+@.+\\..+/i

and the gem js_regex:

var translated_regex = /.+@.+\\..+/

But translated_regex.test('[email protected]') don't work in neither of those cases.

What am I doing wrong or miss here?

Toto · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-25 10:36:14Z

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Don't double escape the dot:

var translated_regex = /.+@.+\..+/
console.log(translated_regex.test('[email protected]'))

answered Jun 25, 2017 at 10:36

Toto

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Thanks! Too bad the mentioned methods are erroneous.