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UK postcode regex
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uk_postcode_regex.txt
UK Postcode Regexes:
- Assumes upper case letters.
- Assumes there is zero or one space between outcode and incode
Postcode
(?:(?:[A-PR-UWYZ][0-9]{1,2}|[A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9]{1,2}|[A-PR-UWYZ][0-9][A-HJKSTUW]|[A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9][ABEHMNPRV-Y]) ?[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}|GIR 0AA)
Outcode
([A-PR-UWYZ][0-9]{1,2}|[A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9]{1,2}|[A-PR-UWYZ][0-9][A-HJKSTUW]|[A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9][ABEHMNPRV-Y])(?= ?[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}|GIR 0AA)
Incode
(?![A-PR-UWYZ][0-9]{1,2}|[A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9]{1,2}|[A-PR-UWYZ][0-9][A-HJKSTUW]|[A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9][ABEHMNPRV-Y] ?)([0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}|GIR 0AA)
References
Useful input from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/164979/uk-postcode-regex-comprehensive
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