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EmailAddressProper ( text )

Returns the proper form of an email address

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Esa Niiniranta
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Sample input:

EmailAddressProper ( "John Doe " )

Sample output:

"john.doe@example.com"

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Let ( 
   [ 
      L = Position ( text ; "<" ; 1 ; 1 ) ; 
      R = Position ( text ; ">" ; 1 ; 1 ) ;
      at = Position ( text ; "@" ; 1 ; 1 ) 
   ]; 
   If ( 
      R > at and at > L and L > 0 ; 
         Middle ( text ; L+1 ; R-L-1 ) ;
         If ( at ; text ; "" )
   )
)

Returns the proper form of an email address:
John Doe => john.doe@example.com

Empty string is returned if no email address is found.

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