Email Validation

// Global Variables var $mainForm = $('form'); var $email = $('.email'); var $dom = $('body'); // International Email RegEx var emailReg = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/; // Begin Validation $mainForm.submit(function (event) { // Match the input value with the RegEx we created above if ($email.val().match(emailReg)) { alert('valid'); } else { alert('not valid'); } event.preventDefault(); });