^
: Start of the line.(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:@"]+)*)|(".+"))
: This is the local part of the email, before the @
symbol. It can be one of two formats:
[^<>()[\]\\.,;:@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:@"]+)*
: This means one or more characters that are not special characters (like <
, >
, (
, )
, [
, ]
, \
, ,
, ;
, :
, @
, "
) followed by a period .
and more non-special characters. This pattern can repeat.".+"
: This means any characters surrounded by quotes.@
: This is the @
symbol in the email.((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))
: This is the domain part of the email, after the @
symbol. It can be one of two formats:
\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\]
: This is an IP address format, like [192.168.0.1]
.([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}
: This is a domain name format, like example.com
. It means one or more alphanumeric characters or hyphens followed by a period .
, and this pattern can repeat. It ends with two or more alphabetic characters.$
: End of the line.