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Following syntax specification can be found in the book: J.E.F. Friedl: Reguläre Ausdrücke, O'Reilly, 1998.

 

 

 

Element

Description

1

mailbox

addr-spez | phrase route-addr

2

addr-spec

local-part @ domain

3

phrase

( word )+

4

route-addr

< ( route )? addr-spez >

5

local-part

word (. word)*

6

domain

sub-domain (. sub-domain )*

7

word

atom | quoted-string

8

route

@ domain (, @ domain )* :

9

sub-domain

domain-ref | domain-literal

10

atom

( a character except specials, space or ctl )+

11

quoted-string

" ( qtext | quoted-pair )* "

12

domain-ref

atom

13

domain-literal

( dtext | quoted-pair )*

14

char

An ASCII character (octal 000-177)

15

ctl

An ASCII control character (octal 000-037)

16

space

Space (ASCII 040)

17

CR

Carriage Return (ASCII 015)

18

specials

One of the characters ()<>@,;:\\"\.\[\]

19

qtext

A char except *, \ or CR

20

dtext

A char except [, ], \ or CR

21

quoted -pair

\ char

 

 

 

22

comment

( (ctext | quoted-pair | comment )* )

23

ctext

A char except (, ), \ or CR

 

From this specification Friedl constructs a single regular expression consisting in 4724 characters. The direct use in the TextTransformer has approximately the length of specification itself.

 

 



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