Regular Expressions 101

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Regular Expression
ECMAScript (JavaScript)

/
^(?:(?<LEADING_PUNCT>\+?[-. (]*)(?<COUNTRY_CODE>\d{1,3}))?(?<OPT_DELIM_1>[-. )(]*)(?<AREA_CODE>\d{1,3})?(?<OPT_DELIM_2>[-. )(]*)(?<PREFIX>\d{3})(?<OPT_DELIM_3>[-. )(]*)(?<SUFFIX>\d{4})$
/
gm

Description

Explanation

Breaks out a phone number input into the following named segments:

Opt?   Matches            Name             Desc
 Y     (+ - . :space:)    LEADING_PUNCT    Leading Punctuation
 Y     1-3 Digits (0-9)   COUNTRY_CODE     International country code (US: '1')
 Y     (- . :space:)      OPT_DELIM_1      Delimiting Punctuation
 Y     1-3 Digits (0-9)   AREA_CODE        Area Code/Regional Routing Code
 Y     (- . :space:)      OPT_DELIM_2      Delimiting Punctuation
 N     3 Digits (0-9)     PREFIX           Number Prefix (First 3 Numbers)
 Y     (- . :space:)      OPT_DELIM_3      Delimiting Punctuation
 N     4 Digits (0-9)     SUFFIX           Number Suffix (Last 4 Numbers)

Usage

Because the groups are named ((?<NAME_OF_GROUP>...)), this is expected to be used with the matchAll method on the String prototype in JS (MDN: String.prototype.matchAll()):

const StringToParse = "(213) 555-1212";
[...StringToParse.matchAll(RegexExpressionFromThisEntry)][0].groups
// Result: {
//    OPT_DELIM_1: '(', 
//    AREA_CODE: '213', 
//    OPT_DELIM_2: ') ', 
//    PREFIX: '555', 
//    OPT_DEMLIM_3: '-', 
//    SUFFIX: '1212'
//}

Note: If your country has a format I've not addressed, please let me know!

Submitted by @JJ/ZenAtWork NerdyDeeds, LLC - 9 months ago