Class: PhoneNumberValidator::Validator

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/phone_number_validator/validator.rb

Overview

This class does all of the matching and checking work for the validation of the phone number.

Constant Summary collapse

PHONE_NUMBER_REGEX =

The regex pattern for validating US phone numbers

Regular Expression tested using regexr.com

The regular expression used can be found in README.rdoc on the documentation’s home page

Regexp.new('^(?:(?:[2-9]11)|(?:(?:\+?1\s*(?:[.-]\s*)?)?(?:\(\s*([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9])\s*\)|([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*(?:\x20+|#|x\.?|ext\.?|extension)\s*(\d+))?)$', Regexp::IGNORECASE)

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(phone_number = '+1 (987) 654-3210 ext. 198842') ⇒ Validator

Initializes the @phone_number instance variable



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# File 'lib/phone_number_validator/validator.rb', line 15

def initialize(phone_number = '+1 (987) 654-3210 ext. 198842')
   @phone_number = phone_number
end

Instance Method Details

#validate ⇒ Object

Return Type: boolean or nil

Examples

Ex. 1

require 'phone_number_validator'

check_phone_number = PhoneNumberValidator.validate_phone_number('+1 (987) 654-3210 ext. 198842')

print check_phone_number
Output
true

Ex. 2

require 'phone_number_validator'

check_phone_number = PhoneNumberValidator.validate_phone_number('+1 (987 778873-321a0 ext.ff99')

print check_phone_number
Output
false

Ex. 3

require 'phone_number_validator'

check_phone_number = PhoneNumberValidator.validate_phone_number('')

print check_phone_number
Output
nil



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# File 'lib/phone_number_validator/validator.rb', line 61

def validate
  if (@phone_number.match(PHONE_NUMBER_REGEX))
    return true
  elsif (@phone_number == '' || @phone_number == nil)
    return nil
  else
    return false
  end
end