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5iDS/S.A. Phone Number REGEX

Created February 28, 2016 21:49
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Matches South African telephone/mobile numbers, with or without the country code. Can also include spaces or hyphens between values. Doesn't match brackets around the area code
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S.A. Phone Number REGEX
/**
* Matches: 0111231234 | 011 123 1234 | 011-123-1234 | 0821231234 | +27821231234 | +2782-123-1234 | +2782 123 1234 | 27111231234 | 2711 123 1234 | 2711-123-1234
* Non-Matches: (011)1231234 | (+2711) 123 1234 | (011) 123-1234
/**/
var pattern2 = new RegExp(/^((?:\+27|27)|0)(\d{2})-?(\d{3})-?(\d{4})$/);
console.log( pattern2.test( '+27134622241' ) );
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It fails in one condition.

var pattern2 = new RegExp(/^((?:+27|27)|0)(\d{2})-?(\d{3})-?(\d{4})$/);
console.log( pattern2.test( '0000000000' ) );

Can you please improve it ?

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