REGEX Question
 

I've been trying to write a REGEX to handle either US or Canadian zip codes. US Zipcodes is easy, however how do I validate a canadian zip code, and is it possible for the regular expression to check that the entered data is either US or Canadian format?

Format for US zipcodes is 5 characters, numbers only - therefore my regex for US zipcodes is: /^[0-9]{5}$/

Format for CANADA zipcodes is a little more complex, (# = number, and L = letter) and like this: 3 digits (format L#L) then a space then another 3 digits (#L#). Anyone able to get this done, and is it possible to do it with an OR therein?

This is to be used in vbulletin custom user profile field.
Thanks:)

This worked for me...

works for me as well, but is it possible to use that along with the other one to check that the data fits one or the other?


Something like this:

^[0-9]{5}$ OR ^([a-z]{1})([0-9]{1})([a-z]{1}) ([0-9]{1})([a-z]{1})([0-9]{1})$

This doesn't seem to be working.

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Sir, yours worked on it's own, thanks. I found this site that provided the following regex which works, for either US or CAN as needed.

^(\d{5}-\d{4}|\d{5})$|^([a-zA-Z]\d[a-zA-Z] \d[a-zA-Z]\d)$

thanks!

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ok, so one more thing which I am trying to add to it and i cannot for the life of me figure it out... the current regex is:

^(\d{5})$|^([A-Z]\d[A-Z] \d[A-Z]\d)$|^(other)$

what i need to also check is that the US zipcode is not equal to 00000
anyone know?

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