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JavaScript: Check whether a given value is UK Post Code or not

JavaScript validation with regular expression: Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to check whether a given value is a UK Post Code or not.

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to check whether a given value is UK Post Code or not</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function is_ukPostCode(str)
{
 regexp = /^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9RCHNQ][0-9A-Z]?\s?[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}$|^[A-Z]{2}-?[0-9]{4}$/;
  
        if (regexp.test(str))
          {
            return true;
          }
        else
          {
            return false;
          }
}

console.log(is_ukPostCode("B294HJ"));

console.log(is_ukPostCode("7892"));

Sample Output:

true
false

Flowchart:

Flowchart: JavaScript- Check whether a given value is UK Post Code or not

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-regexp-exercise-13 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.


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