Regex: Match One of Two Patterns
I Have Two Regular Expressions, One for Validating a Mobile Number and One for a House Phone Number. Mobile Number Pattern: ^((07|00447|\+447)\D{9}|(08|003538|\...
I have two regular expressions, one for validating a mobile number and one for a house phone number.
Mobile number pattern:
^((07|00447|\+447)\d{9}|(08|003538|\+3538)\d{8,9})$
Home number pattern:
((0|0044|\+44)\d{10}|(08)\d{9}|(90)\d{6}|(92)\d{6}|(437)\d{5}|(28)\d{6}|(37)\d{6}|(66)\d{6}|(82)\d{6}|(777)\d{5}|(93)\d{6})$
Is there a way to combine both of these expressions so that I can apply them to a 'Contact Number' field that would be valid if the input matched either expression?
3 Answers
Put both regexes into a non-capturing group separated by an alternation operator |.
^(?:((07|00447|\+447)\d{9}|(08|003538|\+3538)\d{8,9})|((0|0044|\+44)\d{10}|(08)\d{9}|(90)\d{6}|(92)\d{6}|(437)\d{5}|(28)\d{6}|(37)\d{6}|(66)\d{6}|(82)\d{6}|(777)\d{5}|(93)\d{6}))$
Combine them with a pipe it's the or operator.
^((07|00447|\+447)\d{9}|(08|003538|\+3538)\d{8,9})|((0|0044|\+44)\d{10}|(08)\d{9}|(90)\d{6}|(92)\d{6}|(437)\d{5}|(28)\d{6}|(37)\d{6}|(66)\d{6}|(82)\d{6}|(777)\d{5}|(93)\d{6})$
You can have to non-capturing groups with a | condition:
^(?:(07|00447|\+447)\d{9}|(08|003538|\+3538)\d{8,9})|(?:(0|0044|\+44)\d{10}|(08)\d{9}|(90)\d{6}|(92)\d{6}|(437)\d{5}|(28)\d{6}|(37)\d{6}|(66)\d{6}|(82)\d{6}|(777)\d{5}|(93)\d{6})$
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