Validationflags: gi

Canadian Postal Code

Match Canadian postal codes in the A1A 1A1 or A1A1A1 format with valid first-letter prefixes.

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Pattern

regexJavaScript
/[ABCEGHJ-NPRSTVXY]\d[A-Z] ?\d[A-Z]\d/gi

Raw source: [ABCEGHJ-NPRSTVXY]\d[A-Z] ?\d[A-Z]\d

How it works

The leading character is constrained to letters actually used by Canada Post (D, F, I, O, Q, U, W, Z are excluded). Alternating letter-digit pattern, with an optional space separator.

Examples

Input

K1A 0B1

Matches

  • K1A 0B1

Input

M5V3L9

Matches

  • M5V3L9

Input

12345

No match

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Common use cases

  • Canadian address form validation
  • Shipping label generation
  • Geographic data cleaning
  • E-commerce checkout for CA customers
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