International Phone Number (Loose) in PY
Match international phone numbers in a variety of loose formats including country codes, area codes, and separators.
Try it in the PY tester →Pattern
regexPY
\+?[1-9]\d{0,3}[\s.\-]?(?:\(?\d{1,4}\)?[\s.\-]?){2,4}\d{1,9} (flags: g)Python (re) code
pyPython
import re
pattern = re.compile(r"\+?[1-9]\d{0,3}[\s.\-]?(?:\(?\d{1,4}\)?[\s.\-]?){2,4}\d{1,9}")
input_text = "+1 (415) 555-2671"
for m in pattern.finditer(input_text):
print(m.group(0))Stdlib `re` module — no third-party dependency. Works on Python 3.6+.
How the pattern works
\+? optionally matches a leading +. [1-9]\d{0,3} matches 1–4 digit country/area code. The repeating group (?:\(?\d{1,4}\)?[\s.\-]?){2,4} matches digit groups with optional parentheses and separators. Ends with 1–9 final digits.
Examples
Input
+1 (415) 555-2671Matches
+1 (415) 555-2671
Input
+44 20 7183 8750Matches
+44 20 7183 8750
Input
not a phoneNo match
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