Reference · Parsing, formatting and shared types
PO_BOX_PATTERNSconstant
The regular expressions the PO box parser uses: the box itself, a station after it, a box number first, and a trailing comma.
Import it
import { PO_BOX_PATTERNS } from "@johnmorrisdotca/address-plus";Definition
const PO_BOX_PATTERNS: { readonly US_PO_BOX: RegExp; readonly STATION_PATTERN: RegExp; readonly LEADING_BOX_NUMBER: RegExp; readonly TRAILING_COMMA: RegExp; } = {
US_PO_BOX: /^(?:p\.?\s*o\.?\s*box|post\s*office\s*box|pobox|po\s*box)\s*(\d+)\s*,?\s*([^,]+?)\s*,?\s*([A-Za-z]{2})\s*(\d{5}(?:[-\s]?\d{4})?)?\s*$/i,
STATION_PATTERN: /^(station|stn\.?|succ(?:\.|ursale)?|rpo|rr|r\.r\.)\s+([A-Za-z0-9]+(?:\s*[A-Za-z0-9-]+)*?)(?=\s+[A-Z][a-z]|\s*,|$)/i,
LEADING_BOX_NUMBER: /^([0-9A-Za-z-]+)\b[,\s]*/,
TRAILING_COMMA: /,\s*$/,
} as constMembers
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
US_PO_BOX | RegExp | |
STATION_PATTERN | RegExp | |
LEADING_BOX_NUMBER | RegExp | |
TRAILING_COMMA | RegExp |
Examples
import { PO_BOX_PATTERNS } from "@johnmorrisdotca/address-plus";
console.log(PO_BOX_PATTERNS.US_PO_BOX.exec("PO Box 123, Springfield, IL 62701")?.slice(1));
// → ["123","Springfield","IL","62701"][ '123', 'Springfield', 'IL', '62701' ]What it prints (run when this page was built)