Email Validation (React Native). Returning the result as 'invalid' for all the entries

Question

I am trying to validate a users email, by checking it against an expression. But the result i am getting is invalid for all the entries.

UPDATED CODE

Answer 1

Looks like a syntax error. You've got a nested function called validate directly inside the definition for go.

As a general rule I would suggest to keep your indentation and curly-brackets consistent so these sort of errors are detectable at a glance-- when the brackets don't line up there's a problem.

Then, there's a few things you might do to get this code working:

• Remove the validate (email) line along with its accompanying close bracket
• Reference email via this.state.email in go
• Add an additional state variable to indicate if the email has been validated or not.

Something like:

this.state = {
 email :'',
 validated : false,
}

And...

go = () => {  
        if (this.state.email.test(/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/)==0) {
            this.setState({ validated : true });
        } else {
            this.setState({ validated : false });
        }
    }