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^((\d{5}-\d{4})|(\d{5})|([AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d[A-Za-z]\s?\d[A-Za-z]\d))$ |
| Description |
Regular expression for US (ZIP and ZIP+4) and Canadian postal codes. It allows 5 digits for the first US postal code and requires that the +4, if it exists, is four digits long. Canadain postal codes can contain a space and take form of A1A 1A1. The letters can be upper or lower case, but the first letter must be one of the standard Canadian zones: A,B,C,E,G,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,R,S,T,V,X,Y. |
| Matches |
00501 | 84118-3423 | n3a 3B7 |
| Non-Matches |
501-342 | 123324 | Q4B 5C5 |
| Author |
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Matthew Aznoe
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Title: Postal Code Rules
Name: Adam
Date: 2/5/2008 2:48:31 PM
Comment:
Just being picky about the regex should we not be using:
^([AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d[AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\s?\d[AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d)$
for canadian only (as the characters not allowed in the first letter aren't allowed in any subsequent ones due to issues with OCR machines)
Title: Postal Code Rules
Name: Adam
Date: 2/5/2008 2:37:16 PM
Comment:
Just being picky about the regex should we not be using:
^([AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d[AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\s?\d[AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d)$
for canadian only (as the characters not allowed in the first letter aren't allowed in any subsequent ones due to issues with OCR machines)
Title: Postal Code Rules
Name: Adam
Date: 2/5/2008 2:35:42 PM
Comment:
Just being picky about the regex should we not be using:
^([AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d[AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\s?\d[AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d)$
for canadian only (as the characters not allowed in the first letter aren't allowed in any subsequent ones due to issues with OCR machines)
Title: Postal Code Rules
Name: Yves Labrie
Date: 2/16/2006 11:32:04 AM
Comment:
I called Canada Post about this and they gave me the format and validation. Here it is:
Format without the space:
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^[A-Za-z][0-9][A-Za-z][0-9][A-Za-z][0-9]$
Validation without the space:
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^[AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy][1-9][AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvWwXxYyZz][0-9][AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvWwXxYyZz][0-9]$
Accepted Characters
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Character #1 A --> ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY
Character #2 0 --> 123456789
Character #3 A --> ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ
Character #4 0 --> 0123456789
Character #5 A --> ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ
Character #6 0 --> 0123456789
Refused Characters
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Character #1 A --> DFIOQUWZ
Character #2 0 --> 0
Character #3 A --> DFIOQU
Character #4 0 --> None
Character #5 A --> DFIOQU
Character #6 0 --> None
Title: Feedback on US/Canada RegEx for Postal
Name: Darryl
Date: 5/12/2004 3:27:41 PM
Comment:
Thanks, this is great!
FYI, if you only want regex for Canada use this:
^([AaBbCcEeGgHhJjKkLlMmNnPpRrSsTtVvXxYy]\d[A-Za-z]\s?\d[A-Za-z]\d)$
Title: re: Postal Code Rules
Name: Matthew Aznoe
Date: 10/21/2003 7:38:56 PM
Comment:
I did some research, and the US postal code is required to be five digits with leading 0's. Also, the space for the Canadian postal code is required. I simplified the regular expression to search for invalid letters for Canadian postal codes instead of the valid ones.
I have not yet been able to find information about further restrictions on Canadian postal codes.
Title: Postal Code Rules
Name: Remi Sabourin
Date: 10/21/2003 7:02:36 PM
Comment:
This regexp has promise.
Can the first part of US postal codes be 3 digits? I thought they needed to be padded with zeros to always make 5. ie. 00501 instead of 501
I also know there are certain letters that are disallowed in the 3rd and 5th positions of canadian postal codes (I, O, Q?)
