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postcodeUK method Fixed #682

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Modified the UK postcode method
Mar 12, 2013
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Modified the UK postcode method
Mar 12, 2013
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added unit tests
Mar 13, 2013
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Mar 13, 2013
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9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions additional-methods.js
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Expand Up @@ -389,11 +389,10 @@ jQuery.validator.addMethod('phonesUK', function(phone_number, element) {
// A number of very detailed GB telephone number RegEx patterns can also be found at:
// http://www.aa-asterisk.org.uk/index.php/Regular_Expressions_for_Validating_and_Formatting_GB_Telephone_Numbers

//Matches UK postcode. based on http://snipplr.com/view/3152/postcode-validation/
jQuery.validator.addMethod('postcodeUK', function(postcode, element) {
postcode = (postcode.toUpperCase()).replace(/\s+/g,'');
return this.optional(element) || postcode.match(/^([^QZ][^IJZ]{0,1}\d{1,2})(\d[^CIKMOV]{2})$/) || postcode.match(/^([^QV]\d[ABCDEFGHJKSTUW])(\d[^CIKMOV]{2})$/) || postcode.match(/^([^QV][^IJZ]\d[ABEHMNPRVWXY])(\d[^CIKMOV]{2})$/) || postcode.match(/^(GIR)(0AA)$/) || postcode.match(/^(BFPO)(\d{1,4})$/) || postcode.match(/^(BFPO)(C\/O\d{1,3})$/);
}, 'Please specify a valid postcode');
// Matches UK postcode. Does not match to UK Channel Islands that have their own postcodes (non standard UK)
jQuery.validator.addMethod('postcodeUK', function(value, element) {
return this.optional(element) || /^((([A-PR-UWYZ][0-9])|([A-PR-UWYZ][0-9][0-9])|([A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9])|([A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9][0-9])|([A-PR-UWYZ][0-9][A-HJKSTUW])|([A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9][ABEHMNPRVWXY]))\s?([0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})|(GIR)\s?(0AA))$/i.test(value);
}, 'Please specify a valid UK postcode');

// TODO check if value starts with <, otherwise don't try stripping anything
jQuery.validator.addMethod("strippedminlength", function(value, element, param) {
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions test/methods.js
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Expand Up @@ -662,6 +662,26 @@ test("iban", function() {
ok( method( "GB29 NWBK 6016 1331 9268 19"), "Valid IBAN - GB");
});

test("postcodeUK", function() {
var method = methodTest("postcodeUK");
ok( method( "AA9A 9AA" ), "Valid postcode" );
ok( method( "A9A 9AA" ), "Valid postcode" );
ok( method( "A9 9AA" ), "Valid postcode" );
ok( method( "A99 9AA" ), "Valid postcode" );
ok( method( "AA9 9AA" ), "Valid postcode" );
ok( method( "AA99 9AA" ), "Valid postcode" );
ok(!method( "AAAA 9AA" ), "Invalid postcode" ); // Channel Island
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These are a non standard UK postcode and does not follow rest of UK

ok(!method( "AA-2640" ), "Invalid postcode" ); // Channel Island
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These are a non standard UK postcode and does not follow rest of UK

ok(!method( "AAA AAA" ), "Invalid postcode" );
ok(!method( "AA AAAA" ), "Invalid postcode" );
ok(!method( "A AAAA" ), "Invalid postcode" );
ok(!method( "AAAAA" ), "Invalid postcode" );
ok(!method( "999 999" ), "Invalid postcode" );
ok(!method( "99 9999" ), "Invalid postcode" );
ok(!method( "9 9999" ), "Invalid postcode" );
ok(!method( "99999" ), "Invalid postcode" );
});

test("dateNL", function() {
var method = methodTest("dateNL");
ok( method( "01-01-1900" ), "Valid date NL" );
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