Regular expression for checking postal address field value

Question

I am looking for a regular-expression which can be used to check a postal address field value, with minimum length of 10, containing numbers, and characters as well:

Currently I use this expression:

`\\[a-zA-Z]|\d|.|\s{10,}`

The environment is:

lotus xpages, and the regular expression is stored in properties file within the application design.

<xp:inputText id="address" dojoType="dijit.form.ValidationTextBox" value="#{complaintDocument.address}">
    <xp:this.dojoAttributes>
    <xp:dojoAttribute name="promptMessage">
            <xp:this.value><![CDATA[${javascript:clientData['address']}]]></xp:this.value>
        </xp:dojoAttribute>                     
        <xp:dojoAttribute name="placeHolder">
            <xp:this.value><![CDATA[${javascript:common['textValueMinimumTenCharacters']}]]></xp:this.value>
        </xp:dojoAttribute>                                         
        <xp:dojoAttribute name="trim" value="true">
        </xp:dojoAttribute>
        <xp:dojoAttribute name="regExp">
            <xp:this.value><![CDATA[#{javascript:regExp['minimumTenCharacters']}]]></xp:this.value>
        </xp:dojoAttribute>
    </xp:this.dojoAttributes>
</xp:inputText>

Is there any wat to make the regular expression for this purpose more simple?

string you are trying to test please, and what should match. — s.webbandit, Aug 16 '12 at 10:10
Can you give more information? Which country are we talking about since almost every country has its own zipcode format. — jjtbsomhorst, Aug 16 '12 at 10:18
the field value can contain numbers, letters, characters like '.', space. The zip code format is not interesting, field value can contain postal address from any country. — Jozsef Lehocz, Aug 16 '12 at 10:21
the zipcode format to be checked is very very interesting. If you dont know which country how are you going to check if the zipcode is valid? — jjtbsomhorst, Aug 16 '12 at 10:26
it is not required to validate the zipcode. There is only one field containing all the information including the zip code, the city, street number, building, and — Jozsef Lehocz, Aug 16 '12 at 10:28

jjtbsomhorst · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-16T11:39:12.513

I dont thinkt that your regex can be any simpler. Maybe you could use

.{10} > any character, max 10 length

If you want to check if a zipcode is valid you can make a java class that is used to check if the zipcode that was filled in is correct. This class can be a stored in the application scope

    <faces-config>
    <managed-bean-name>
    yourzipcodeclass</managed-bean-name>
    <managed-bean-scope>
    application</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-bean-class>yourclass</managed-bean-class>
</faces-config>

    </faces-config>

Anyways When you want to check if a value is a valid zipcode you should add a method to this class isValidZipCode(String code, String country)

in this method you check depending on the country you have given if the zipcode is correct. How you check it is up to you. You can use a regex for every country or you can use a webservice, or a lookup in a database etc.

You can use this method in a custom validator.

I am sorry, I try ask it more simple: create a regular expression to check a field value, which can contain numbers, letters, characters, and the minimum length is 5 characters. — Jozsef Lehocz, Aug 16 '12 at 10:29

Regular expression for checking postal address field value

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