Puppet Function: is_email_address

Defined in:
vendor_modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_email_address.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Summary

**Deprecated:** Returns true if the string passed to this function is a valid email address.

Overview

is_email_address() ⇒ Boolean

> *Note: *Deprecated* Will be removed in a future version of stdlib. See [`validate_legacy`](#validate_legacy).

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    Returns `true` or `false`



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# File 'vendor_modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_email_address.rb', line 7

newfunction(:is_email_address, type: :rvalue, doc: <<-DOC
  @summary
    **Deprecated:** Returns true if the string passed to this function is a valid email address.

  @return [Boolean]
    Returns `true` or `false`

  > **Note:* **Deprecated** Will be removed in a future version of stdlib. See
  [`validate_legacy`](#validate_legacy).
  DOC
) do |arguments|
  if arguments.size != 1
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_email_address(): Wrong number of arguments given #{arguments.size} for 1")
  end

  # Taken from http://emailregex.com/ (simpler regex)
  valid_email_regex = %r{\A([\w+\-].?)+@[a-z\d\-]+(\.[a-z]+)*\.[a-z]+\z}
  return (arguments[0] =~ valid_email_regex) == 0
end