Data Type Validation Patterns

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The following Dataprep by Trifacta data types utilize regular expressions to validate data against the type. For other data types, validation is performed without using regular expressions.

Patterns matching the following regular expressions are considered valid for the listed data type.

Credit Card

^4\\d{3}[ -]?(\\d{4}[ -]?){3}$
^5[1-5]\\d{2}[ -]?(\\d{4}[ -]?){3}$
^3[4,7]\\d{2}[ -]?\\d{6}[ -]?\\d{5}$
^6(011|(5\\d{2}))[ -]?(\\d{4}[ -]?){3}$
^((35\\d{2}[ -]?(\\d{4}[ -]?){3})|((1800|2131)[ -]?(\\d{4}[ -]?){2}\\d{3}))$
^3((0[0-5]\\d{1})|([6,8]\\d{2}))[ -]?\\d{6}[ -]?\\d{5}$

Email Address

^[a-z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-z0-9.-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9-]+)*\\.[a-z]{2,}$

Gender

^(m(?:ale)?|f(?:emale)?)$

Phone Number

^(?:(?:\\+?1\\s*(?:[\\.-]\\s*)?)?(?:\\(\\s*(?:[2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8][0-9])\\s*\\)|(?:[2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9]))\\s*(?:[.-]\\s*)?)(?:[2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-9]1|[2-9][02-9]{2})\\s*(?:[.-]\\s*)?(?:[0-9]{4})(?:\\s*(?:#|x\\.?|ext\\.?|extension)\\s*(?:\\d+))?$

Social Security Number

^(00[1-9]|0[1-9]\\d|66[0-57-9]|6[0-57-9]\\d|[1-57-8]\\d{2})([ -]?)(0[1-9]|[1-9]\\d)\\2(000[1-9]|00[1-9]\\d|0[1-9]\\d{2}|[1-9]\\d{3})$

State

^(al|ak|az|ar|ca|co|ct|de|fl|ga|hi|id|il|in|ia|ks|ky|la|me|md|ma|mi|mn|ms|mo|mt|ne|nv|nh|nj|nm|ny|nc|nd|oh|ok|or|pa|ri|sc|sd|tn|tx|ut|vt|va|wa|wv|wi|wy|pr|dc|vi)$
^(alabama|alaska|arizona|arkansas|california|colorado|connecticut|delaware|florida|georgia|hawaii|idaho|illinois|indiana|iowa|kansas|kentucky|louisiana|maine|maryland|massachusetts|michigan|minnesota|mississippi|missouri|montana|nebraska|nevada|new hampshire|new jersey|new mexico|new york|north carolina|north dakota|ohio|oklahoma|oregon|pennsylvania|rhode island|south carolina|south dakota|tennessee|texas|utah|vermont|virginia|washington|west virginia|wisconsin|wyoming|puerto rico|district of columbia|virgin islands)$

Zip Code

^([\\d]{5}|[\\d]{9})$
^[\\d]{5}-[\\d]{4}

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