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Regular Expression to Validate UK Number Plates

Regular Expression

(?<Current>^[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{2}[A-Z]{3}$)|(?<Prefix>^[A-Z][0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{3}$)|(?<Suffix>^[A-Z]{3}[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]$)|(?<DatelessLongNumberPrefix>^[0-9]{1,4}[A-Z]{1,2}$)|(?<DatelessShortNumberPrefix>^[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{1,3}$)|(?<DatelessLongNumberSuffix>^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(?<DatelessShortNumberSufix>^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,3}$)|(?<DatelessNorthernIreland>^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(?<DiplomaticPlate>^[0-9]{3}[DX]{1}[0-9]{3}$)

For use in JavaScript (with named groups removed):

(^[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{2}\s?[A-Z]{3}$)|(^[A-Z][0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{3}$)|(^[A-Z]{3}[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]$)|(^[0-9]{1,4}[A-Z]{1,2}$)|(^[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{1,3}$)|(^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,3}$)|(^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(^[0-9]{3}[DX]{1}[0-9]{3}$)

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#!/bin/bash

#ubuntu 20.04
#php7.4

# install php ppa
apt -y install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
apt update