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Continuing with our JavaScript regular expression series today we will discuss JavaScript regular expression to validate U.S phone number. Previously we talked about validating email , Social Security number and zip code using JS regex.

In today’s post I’ll show you how to use JavaScript regular expression to validate U.S phone number.

Although in this article we are discussing U.S phone number format I am sure this can be applied to other phone number formats with little or no change.

Let’s begin by looking at the JavaScript code.

function validatePhoneNumber(elementValue){
var phoneNumberPattern = /^\(?(\d{3})\)?[- ]?(\d{3})[- ]?(\d{4})$/;
return phoneNumberPattern.test(elementValue);
}

Explanation:

The argument to this method is the phone number you want to validate.

In the method body we define a variable (‘phoneNumberPattern’) and assign a regular expression to it.

Phone Number format: The regular expression for phone number is More

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Continuing with my series of JavaScript regular expression today we will see how easy it is to validate zip code using regular expression in JavaScript. Previously we talked about validating email and Social Security number using JS regex.

In today’s post I’ll show you how to use JavaScript regular expression to validate zip code. Let me first show you the JS code.

function validateZipCode(elementValue){
    var zipCodePattern = /^\d{5}$|^\d{5}-\d{4}$/;
     return zipCodePattern.test(elementValue);
}

Explanation:

The argument to this method is the zip code you want to validate.

In the method body we define a variable (‘zipCodePattern’) and assign a regular expression to it.

ZipCode format: The regular expression for zip code is

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When I wrote the JS regular expression article last week I had no idea that it will attract so many visitors. Not only did so many people read this post, many more visited my blog searching for other regular expressions. So I decided to write few more posts about JavaScript regular expressions and how to use them to validate Social Security number, zip code, phone number and numeric data. I’ll divide these into smaller posts discussing one regular expression per post to keep it simple for the readers.

In today’s post I’ll show you how to use JavaScript regular expression to validate Social Security number. Let me first show you the JS code.

    function validateSSN (elementValue){
       var  ssnPattern = /^[0-9]{3}\-?[0-9]{2}\-?[0-9]{4}$/;
       return ssnPattern.test(elementValue);
   }

Explanation:

The argument to this method is the social security number you want to validate.

In the method body we define a variable (‘ssnPattern’) and assign a regular expression to it.

SNN format: The regular expression for social security number (SSN) is

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Last month I wrote about regular expressions in Java, today I’ll show you how to use regular expression in JavaScript to validate email address.

Here is the code to validate email address in JavaScript using regular expression.

function validateEmail(elementValue){
   var emailPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/;
   return emailPattern.test(elementValue);
 }

Explanation:

The argument to this method is the email address you want to validate.
In the method body we define a variable (‘emailPattern’) and assign a regular expression to it.

Email format: The regular expression for email is
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