validating an address field

[calabama]

What is the best way to validate an address field? I want to make sure there are numbers as well as the street name in the address field.


Thanks In the begining
Let us first assume that there was nothing to begin with.

 

[MissouriTiger]

I suggest you read up on regular expressions in Perl. You can use the match operator (m/) to match a specific pattern. The pattern is a regular expression you create. Search the web & you'll find tons of resources, but be patient. It takes a little study to get the hang of it.

Just to give you an example, here's some code I wrote to verify if an email addres has the proper format, and has a specific domain. Sorry I don't have any code handy for your specific problem. If you find yourself in a jam, drop me an e-mail and I'll write you some code. gjn4b9@mizzou.edu

sub verify_mu_email_address
{
#Split the address in order to...
my ($front, $back) = split(/@/, $email);

#...get the length of the first part.
my $allChars = length($front);

#Try to match pattern.
if ($email =~ m/[\w]{$allChars}\@mizzou\.edu$/i)
{
return "TRUE"; #It matched.
}
else
{
return "FALSE"; #Didn't match.
}
}

Good luck,

Greg
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