@synotech/utils/src/emailGetFromString.ts

a collection of utilities for internal use

/**
 * This function extracts an email address from a string
 * @module emailGetFromString
 * @param {string} text - a string containing an email address
 * @return {string} {String} an email address
 * @example
 *
 *  emailGetFromString('This is my email address: john@example.com')
 *
 */
export function emailGetFromString(text: string): string | null {
	const emailRegex = /[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}/;
	const match = RegExp(emailRegex).exec(text);
	return match ? match[0] : null;
}