---
title: IS_EMAIL
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/formulas/functions/is-email/
kind: formula-function
---

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# IS_EMAIL

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Checks if a text value follows the email standard. This does not guarantee that it's a valid email.

**Categories:** Text

## Syntax

```
IS_EMAIL(text)
```

## Examples

### Example 1

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "john@smith.com"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
IS_EMAIL(my_action.message)
```

Output:

```json
true
```

### Example 2

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "john"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
IS_EMAIL(my_action.message)
```

Output:

```json
false
```

### Example 3

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "john@smith"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
IS_EMAIL(my_action.message)
```

Output:

```json
true
```

### Example 4

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "john@smith"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
IS_EMAIL(my_action.message, strict_tld: TRUE)
```

Output:

```json
false
```

## Sample actions

```json
{
  "standardLibVersion": "45",
  "actionRuntimeVersion": "6",
  "agents": [
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "IS_EMAIL",
      "description": "",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "is_email": "=IS_EMAIL(\"john@smith.com\")"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 0,
        "y": 390
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "recordType": null,
      "recordWriters": [],
      "form": null
    }
  ],
  "links": [],
  "diagramNotes": []
}
```