在这个列表中添加一个更实用的正则表达式，允许用户输入一个空字符串:

^$|^(([gG][iI][rR] {0,}0[aA]{2})|((([a-pr-uwyzA-PR-UWYZ][a-hk-yA-HK-Y]?[0-9][0-9]?)|(([a-pr-uwyzA-PR-UWYZ][0-9][a-hjkstuwA-HJKSTUW])|([a-pr-uwyzA-PR-UWYZ][a-hk-yA-HK-Y][0-9][abehmnprv-yABEHMNPRV-Y]))) {0,1}[0-9][abd-hjlnp-uw-zABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}))$

这个正则表达式允许大写字母和小写字母，中间有可选的空格

从软件开发人员的角度来看，这个正则表达式对于地址可能是可选的软件很有用。例如，如果用户不想提供他们的地址详细信息

看起来我们将使用^(GIR ?0AA|[a - pr - uwyz]([0-9]{1,2}|([a - hk - y][0-9]([0-9ABEHMNPRV-Y])?)|[0-9][a - hjkps - uw])? [0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})$，这是上面Minglis建议的略有修改的版本。

然而，我们将不得不调查到底是什么规则，因为上面列出的各种解决方案似乎适用于不同的规则，哪些字母是允许的。

经过一番研究，我们找到了更多的信息。显然，“govtalk.gov.uk”上的一个页面会指向邮政编码规范govtalk-postcodes。它指向XML schema中的一个XML模式，该模式提供了邮政编码规则的“伪正则表达式”语句。

我们用它做了一些修改，得到了下面的表达式:

^((GIR &0AA)|((([A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y]?[0-9][0-9]?)|(([A-PR-UWYZ][0-9][A-HJKSTUW])|([A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9][ABEHMNPRV-Y]))) &[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}))$

这使得空格是可选的，但限制您只能使用一个空格(将'&'替换为'{0，}表示无限空格)。它假定所有文本都必须是大写的。

如果你想要允许小写，任意数量的空格，使用:

^(([gG][iI][rR] {0,}0[aA]{2})|((([a-pr-uwyzA-PR-UWYZ][a-hk-yA-HK-Y]?[0-9][0-9]?)|(([a-pr-uwyzA-PR-UWYZ][0-9][a-hjkstuwA-HJKSTUW])|([a-pr-uwyzA-PR-UWYZ][a-hk-yA-HK-Y][0-9][abehmnprv-yABEHMNPRV-Y]))) {0,}[0-9][abd-hjlnp-uw-zABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}))$

这并不包括海外领土，只是强制执行格式，而不是不同地区的存在。它基于以下规则:

可接受以下格式:

“秋天” A9 9 zz A99 9 zz AB9 9 zz AB99 9 zz A9C 9 zz AD9E 9 zz

地点:

9可以是任何一位数。 A可以是除Q、V或X之外的任何字母。 B可以是除I、J或Z之外的任何字母。 C可以是除I、L、M、N、O、P、Q、R、V、X、Y或Z之外的任何字母。 D可以是除I、J或Z之外的任何字母。 E可以是A, B, E, H, M, N, P, R, V, W, X或Y中的任意一个。 Z可以是C、I、K、M、O或V之外的任何字母。

最好的祝愿

科林

前半段邮政编码有效格式

[a - z] [a - z][0 - 9]的[a -ž] [a - z] [a - z] [0 - 9] [0 - 9] [a - z] [0 - 9] [0 - 9] [a - z] [a - z] [0 - 9] [a - z] [a - z]的[a -ž] [a - z][0 - 9]的[a -ž] [a - z] [0 - 9]

异常 位置1 - QVX未使用 位置2 -除GIR 0AA外，IJZ不使用 位置3 - AEHMNPRTVXY只使用 位置4 - ABEHMNPRVWXY

邮政编码的后半部分

[0 - 9] [a - z]的[a -ž]

异常 位置2+3 - CIKMOV未使用

记住，不是所有可能的代码都被使用了，所以这个列表是有效代码的必要条件，而不是充分条件。只是匹配所有有效代码的列表可能会更容易?

通过经验测试和观察，以及https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom#Validation的确认，以下是我的Python正则表达式版本，可以正确地解析和验证英国邮政编码:

UK_POSTCODE_REGEX = r ' (? P < postcode_area > [a - z] {1,2}) (? P <区> (?:[0 - 9]{1,2})| (?:[0 - 9][a - z])) (? P <部门> [0 - 9])(? P <邮编> [a - z]{2})”

这个正则表达式很简单，并且有捕获组。它不包括所有合法的英国邮政编码的验证，而只考虑字母与数字的位置。

下面是我在代码中如何使用它:

@dataclass
class UKPostcode:
    postcode_area: str
    district: str
    sector: int
    postcode: str

    # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom#Validation
    # Original author of this regex: @jontsai
    # NOTE TO FUTURE DEVELOPER:
    # Verified through empirical testing and observation, as well as confirming with the Wiki article
    # If this regex fails to capture all valid UK postcodes, then I apologize, for I am only human.
    UK_POSTCODE_REGEX = r'(?P<postcode_area>[A-Z]{1,2})(?P<district>(?:[0-9]{1,2})|(?:[0-9][A-Z]))(?P<sector>[0-9])(?P<postcode>[A-Z]{2})'

    @classmethod
    def from_postcode(cls, postcode):
        """Parses a string into a UKPostcode

        Returns a UKPostcode or None
        """
        m = re.match(cls.UK_POSTCODE_REGEX, postcode.replace(' ', ''))

        if m:
            uk_postcode = UKPostcode(
                postcode_area=m.group('postcode_area'),
                district=m.group('district'),
                sector=m.group('sector'),
                postcode=m.group('postcode')
            )
        else:
            uk_postcode = None

        return uk_postcode


def parse_uk_postcode(postcode):
    """Wrapper for UKPostcode.from_postcode
    """
    uk_postcode = UKPostcode.from_postcode(postcode)
    return uk_postcode

下面是单元测试:

@pytest.mark.parametrize(
    'postcode, expected', [
        # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom#Validation
        (
            'EC1A1BB',
            UKPostcode(
                postcode_area='EC',
                district='1A',
                sector='1',
                postcode='BB'
            ),
        ),
        (
            'W1A0AX',
            UKPostcode(
                postcode_area='W',
                district='1A',
                sector='0',
                postcode='AX'
            ),
        ),
        (
            'M11AE',
            UKPostcode(
                postcode_area='M',
                district='1',
                sector='1',
                postcode='AE'
            ),
        ),
        (
            'B338TH',
            UKPostcode(
                postcode_area='B',
                district='33',
                sector='8',
                postcode='TH'
            )
        ),
        (
            'CR26XH',
            UKPostcode(
                postcode_area='CR',
                district='2',
                sector='6',
                postcode='XH'
            )
        ),
        (
            'DN551PT',
            UKPostcode(
                postcode_area='DN',
                district='55',
                sector='1',
                postcode='PT'
            )
        )
    ]
)
def test_parse_uk_postcode(postcode, expected):
    uk_postcode = parse_uk_postcode(postcode)
    assert(uk_postcode == expected)

不存在能够验证邮政编码的综合英国邮政编码正则表达式。您可以使用正则表达式检查邮政编码的格式是否正确;并不是真的存在。

邮政编码非常复杂，而且不断变化。例如，对于每个邮政编码区域，出码W1没有，也可能永远没有1到99之间的每个数字。

你不能指望当前的东西永远都是真的。举个例子，1990年，邮局认为阿伯丁有点拥挤了。他们在AB1-5的末尾加了一个0，使它成为AB10-50，然后在这些之间创建了一些邮政编码。

每当建立一条新街道时，就会创建一个新的邮政编码。这是获得建筑许可的过程的一部分;地方当局有义务与邮局保持更新(并不是说他们都这样做)。

此外，正如许多其他用户指出的那样，还有一些特殊的邮政编码，如Girobank, GIR 0AA，以及给圣诞老人的信件，SAN TA1 -你可能不想在那里张贴任何东西，但似乎没有任何其他答案。

然后，还有BFPO的邮政编码，现在正在改为更标准的格式。两种格式都是有效的。最后，还有海外领土来源维基百科。

+----------+----------------------------------------------+
| Postcode |                   Location                   |
+----------+----------------------------------------------+
| AI-2640  | Anguilla                                     |
| ASCN 1ZZ | Ascension Island                             |
| STHL 1ZZ | Saint Helena                                 |
| TDCU 1ZZ | Tristan da Cunha                             |
| BBND 1ZZ | British Indian Ocean Territory               |
| BIQQ 1ZZ | British Antarctic Territory                  |
| FIQQ 1ZZ | Falkland Islands                             |
| GX11 1AA | Gibraltar                                    |
| PCRN 1ZZ | Pitcairn Islands                             |
| SIQQ 1ZZ | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| TKCA 1ZZ | Turks and Caicos Islands                     |
+----------+----------------------------------------------+

接下来，你必须考虑到英国将其邮政编码系统“输出”到世界上许多地方。任何验证“英国”邮政编码的程序也将验证许多其他国家的邮政编码。

如果您想验证英国邮政编码，最安全的方法是使用当前邮政编码的查找。有很多选择:

Ordnance Survey releases Code-Point Open under an open data licence. It'll be very slightly behind the times but it's free. This will (probably - I can't remember) not include Northern Irish data as the Ordnance Survey has no remit there. Mapping in Northern Ireland is conducted by the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland and they have their, separate, paid-for, Pointer product. You could use this and append the few that aren't covered fairly easily. Royal Mail releases the Postcode Address File (PAF), this includes BFPO which I'm not sure Code-Point Open does. It's updated regularly but costs money (and they can be downright mean about it sometimes). PAF includes the full address rather than just postcodes and comes with its own Programmers Guide. The Open Data User Group (ODUG) is currently lobbying to have PAF released for free, here's a description of their position. Lastly, there's AddressBase. This is a collaboration between Ordnance Survey, Local Authorities, Royal Mail and a matching company to create a definitive directory of all information about all UK addresses (they've been fairly successful as well). It's paid-for but if you're working with a Local Authority, government department, or government service it's free for them to use. There's a lot more information than just postcodes included.

这是谷歌在i18napis.appspot.com域名上的正则表达式:

GIR[ ]?0AA|((AB|AL|B|BA|BB|BD|BH|BL|BN|BR|BS|BT|BX|CA|CB|CF|CH|CM|CO|CR|CT|CV|CW|DA|DD|DE|DG|DH|DL|DN|DT|DY|E|EC|EH|EN|EX|FK|FY|G|GL|GY|GU|HA|HD|HG|HP|HR|HS|HU|HX|IG|IM|IP|IV|JE|KA|KT|KW|KY|L|LA|LD|LE|LL|LN|LS|LU|M|ME|MK|ML|N|NE|NG|NN|NP|NR|NW|OL|OX|PA|PE|PH|PL|PO|PR|RG|RH|RM|S|SA|SE|SG|SK|SL|SM|SN|SO|SP|SR|SS|ST|SW|SY|TA|TD|TF|TN|TQ|TR|TS|TW|UB|W|WA|WC|WD|WF|WN|WR|WS|WV|YO|ZE)(\d[\dA-Z]?[ ]?\d[ABD-HJLN-UW-Z]{2}))|BFPO[ ]?\d{1,4}