Opposite of regex.matches?

Right now I'm using reg expressions to locate only valid email addresses within a long string. This string is a bunch of email addresses separated by a comma.

mc = Regex.Matches(strEmailAddresses, "([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})")
               
How can I find out only the ones that do NOT match? ie that FAIL the regular expression?
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RobertNZanaAsked:
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wdosanjosConnect With a Mentor Commented:
Please change the regular expression to:

    ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+([_\-\.]?[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*?@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})$

This one better handles the dot, so the following email addresses are not valid:

    my.email.@address.com
    .my.email@address.com
    my..email@address.com

Dim strEmailAddresses As String = "my.email.@address.com, .my.email@address.com, my..email@address.com, myaddress1@mail.com, myaddress2@mail.com, INVALID_EMAIL@, myaddress3@mail.com, a@address.com"
Dim emailAddr As String

For Each emailAddr in strEmailAddresses.Split(",")
        emailAddr = emailAddr.Trim()
        If Not Regex.IsMatch(emailAddr, "^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+([_\-\.]?[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*?@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})$") Then
                Console.WriteLine("'{0}' invalid email address", emailAddr)
        End If
Next

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daveamourCommented:
How is your string structured - ie how are email addresses split up within the string?
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RobertNZanaAuthor Commented:
Simple string. All email addresses separated by comma. Purpose of this function is to report back those email addresses which are invalid.

Example: "myaddress1@mail.com, myaddress2@mail.com, INVALID_EMAIL@, myaddress3@mail.com"

The function should return "INVALID_EMAIL@".
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wdosanjosCommented:
Try this:

Dim strEmailAddresses As String = "myaddress1@mail.com, myaddress2@mail.com, INVALID_EMAIL@, myaddress3@mail.com"
Dim emailAddr As String

For Each emailAddr in strEmailAddresses.Split(",")
	emailAddr = emailAddr.Trim()
	If Not Regex.IsMatch(emailAddr, "([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})") Then
		Console.WriteLine("'{0}' invalid email address", emailAddr)
	End If
Next

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RobertNZanaAuthor Commented:
For some reason this email address is passing when it should not: myemail.@mail.net
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RobertNZanaAuthor Commented:
But will john.smith@att.net work? This is valid.
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wdosanjosCommented:
Yes, that works.  I mean is a valid email, so Regex.IsMatch returns true.
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RobertNZanaAuthor Commented:
Thanks. What is the reg ex statement to check if an email is valid?
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wdosanjosCommented:
Regex.IsMatch just returns true if the string provided matches the regular expression.  In this case the regular expression is to validate the email address format.
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