validate email with regex jquery

Question

referring to this issue:

how can I set a minimum length for a field with jquery?

Answer 1

function mailValidation(val) {
    var expr = /^([\w-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([\w-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/;

    if (!expr.test(val)) {
        $('#errEmail').text('Please enter valid email.');
    }
    else {
        $('#errEmail').hide();
    }
}