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ExtractEmails ( Text )

Ilya Shuvalov, SUI Solutions
http://filemaker.suisolutions.com

Extracts list of e-mails found in Text

Sample Input:

ExtractEmails("^john_smith@work.com; and some other email;marysmith@home.com? and one more please##bill.smith@hotmail.com,,,")

Sample Output:

john_smith@work.com
marysmith@home.com
bill.smith@hotmail.com

Let([ adjustedText =If( $Already_Sub="yes";Text; Substitute ( text ; "¶" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; ";" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "," ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "<" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; ">" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "!" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "\\" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "\"" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "#" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "$" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "%" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "&" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "'" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "*" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "/" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; ":" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "?" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "[" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "]" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "^" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "{" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "}" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "|" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "~" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "`" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; "(" ; " " )); adjustedText = If( $Already_Sub="yes";adjustedText; Substitute ( adjustedText ; ")" ; " " )); $Result = If( $Already_Sub="yes";$Result; "¶"); $Already_Sub = "yes"; len = Length ( adjustedText ); pos = Position ( adjustedText ; "@" ; 1 ; 1 ); startWord = Position ( adjustedText ; " " ; pos ; -1 ) + 1; endWord = If ( Position ( adjustedText ; " " ; pos ; 1 ) ≠ 0 ; Position ( adjustedText ; " " ; pos ; 1 ) ; len + 1 ); email = Middle ( adjustedText ; startWord ; endWord - startWord ); $Result =If( PatternCount (email;"@" ) = 1 and Position ( email ; "@"; 1 ; 1 ) > 1 and Position ( email ; "."; 1 ; 1 ) > 1 and Position( email; ".."; 1 ; 1 ) = 0 and Position ( email ; "."; Length ( email ) ; -1 ) > Position ( email ; "@" ; 1 ; 1 ) + 1 and Position ( email ; "."; Length ( email ) ; -1 ) ≤ Length ( email ) - 2 and PatternCount( Right( email ; Length ( email ) - Position ( email ; "@" ; 1 ; 1 ) ); ".") =1 and PatternCount ($Result; "¶" & email & "¶") = 0 and Position ( email ; "."; Length ( email ) ; -1 ) < Length ( email ); $Result&email&¶; $Result); adjustedText = Replace ( adjustedText ; startWord; Length ( email ) ; "" ); count = PatternCount ( adjustedText ; "@" ) ]; If(count ≠ 0; ExtractEmails(adjustedText);Middle($Result; 2; Length ($Result )-2)))
Then copy & paste into FileMaker Advanced's Edit Custom Function window.

if you have myFMbutler's Clip Manager installed

Description:

Extracts from Text the list of all e-mails separated by carriage returns

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