# Checking for character in textfield

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-for-character-in-textfield/217283>\
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**Created:** [February 25, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-for-character-in-textfield/217283 "2007-02-25T07:21:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-for-character-in-textfield/217283/1 "2007-02-25T07:21:39Z")

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I’m making a form to submit an email address.

I’m looking for a way to verify that the textfield contains the “@” character somewhere in the text. It’s about as simple as it gets, I just want to make sure people are typing in an address instead of jibberish. Everything I was able to find on email validation was overly complicated and I didn’t understand it.