How to retrieve Name from Email Address

var email = "john.doe@example.com";
var name   = email.substring(0, email.lastIndexOf("@"));
var domain = email.substring(email.lastIndexOf("@") +1);

console.log( name );   // john.doe
console.log( domain ); // example.com

The above will also work for valid names containing @ (tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3696Page 5):

john@doe
“john@@”.doe
“j@hn”.d@e

  • String.prototype.substring()
  • String.prototype.lastIndexOf()

Using RegExp:

Given the email value is already validated, String.prototype.match() can be than used to retrieve the desired name, domain:

String match:

const name   = email.match(/^.+(?=@)/)[0];    
const domain = email.match(/(?<=.+@)[^@]+$/)[0]; 

Capturing Group:

const name   = email.match(/(.+)@/)[1];    
const domain = email.match(/.+@(.+)/)[1];

To get both fragments in an Array, use String.prototype.split() to split the string at the last @ character:

const [name, domain] = email.split(/(?<=^.+)@(?=[^@]+$)/);
console.log(name, domain);

or simply with /@(?=[^@]*$)/.
Here’s an example that uses a reusable function getEmailFragments( String )

const getEmailFragments = (email) => email.split(/@(?=[^@]*$)/);

[ // LIST OF VALID EMAILS:
  `info@example.com`,
  `john@doe@example.com`,
  `"john@@".doe@example.com`,
  `"j@hn".d@e@example.com`,
]
.forEach(email => {
  const [name, domain] = getEmailFragments(email);
  console.log("DOMAIN: %s NAME: %s ", domain, name);
});

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