What if my javascript variable has the at-sign in its value in mvc3?

Question

I have the following email-validator in my javascript, but the @ is getting misinterpreted in MVC3:

function validateEmail(emailAddress) {   
    var emailPattern = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/";
    return emailPattern.test(emailAddress);
} 

Is there a way around this? I've tried using slashes to escape the at sign, but that didn't work.

Answer 1

function validateEmail(emailAddress) {   
    var emailPattern = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/";
    return emailPattern.test(emailAddress);
} 

@@ escapes @