@zerodep/address-zip

A parser to find where zip/postal codes (and US 5-digit extensions) are in a string.

This function will return an array of results, with the most likely result being first. If a zip/postal code is not found an empty array will be returned.

NOTE: currently supports US and CA zip/postal codes

Full documentation is available at the zerodep.app page.

Signature

declare const addressZip: (address: string) => AddressZip[];

interface AddressZip {
  zip: string;
  zipExt?: string;
  countryIso2s: CountryIso2[];
  source: string;
  ndx: number;
  length: number;
}

The addressZip function has the following parameters:

• address - an address string

The addressZip result has the following properties:

• zip - the zip/postal code
• zipExt - [optional] the 5-digit US zip code extension
• countryIso2s - an array of ISO2 codes of the country associated with the zip/postal code format
• source - the string that matched to identify the zip/postal code
• ndx - the position in the string where the source match starts
• length - the length of the matched string

Examples

All @zerodep packages support both ESM and CJS formats, each complete with Typescript typings.

// ESM
import { addressZip } from '@zerodep/address-zip';

// CJS
const { addressZip } = require('@zerodep/address-zip');

// well-formed address
addressZip('1234 Main St, Los Angeles CA, US 90210-1234');
//  [
//    {
//      zip: '90210',
//      zipExt: '1234',
//      countryIso2s: ['US'],
//      source: '90210-1234',
//      ndx: 34,
//      length: 10,
//    },
//  ]

//  Canadian and American Codes
addressZip('12345 Main Street, Toronto ON, Canada M4A 3B6');
// [
//   {
//     zip: 'M4A 3B6',
//     countryIso2s: ['CA'],
//     source: 'M4A 3B6',
//     ndx: 38,
//     length: 7,
//   },
//   {
//     zip: '12345',
//     countryIso2s: ['US'],
//     source: '12345',
//     ndx: 0,
//     length: 5,
//   },
// ]

// no results found
addressZip('unknown');
// []

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