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assertive (version 0.2-4)

assert_all_are_email_addresses: Does the character vector contain email addresses?

Description

Checks that the input contains email addresses. (It does not check the the address exists, merely that the string is in a suitable format.)

Usage

assert_all_are_email_addresses(x, method = c("simple", "rfc5322"))

assert_any_are_email_addresses(x, method = c("simple", "rfc5322"))

is_email_address(x, method = c("simple", "rfc5322"),
  .xname = get_name_in_parent(x))

Arguments

x

Input to check.

method

Name of method to check for validity. See notes below.

.xname

Not intended to be called directly.

Value

A logical vector that is TRUE when the input contains valid email addresses.

References

http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html contains the regexes used by this function and a good discussion of the pros and cons of each.

Examples

addresses <- c(
  ok       = "a@b.com",
  no_at    = "a_at_b.com",
  no_dot   = "a@bcom",
  long_tld = "a@b.comma",
  punct    = "a!$&@b.com",
  missing  = NA
)
is_email_address(addresses)
is_email_address(addresses, method = "rfc5322")

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