Phone Number Validator¶ ↑

About¶ ↑

This app is a US phone number-validating RubyGem.

It uses a complex regular expression to validate any United States phone number.

Regular Expression¶ ↑

This gem uses the following regular expression:

# US Phone Numbers
/^(?:(?:[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+))?)$/i
# Regex Flags: i (ignore case)

Installing¶ ↑

$ gem install phone_number_validator

Install Required Gems/Dependencies¶ ↑

$ bundle install

Updating Required Gems/Dependencies¶ ↑

$ bundle update

Uninstalling¶ ↑

$ gem uninstall phone_number_validator

Testing¶ ↑

$ rake test

Usage¶ ↑

In command line¶ ↑

$ pnv "+1 (949) 355-6244 ext. 198842"

Output¶ ↑

=> true

In Ruby code¶ ↑

require 'phone_number_validator'

check_phone_number = PhoneNumberValidator.validate_phone_number('+1 (949) 355-6244 ext. 198842')

print check_phone_number

Output¶ ↑

=> true

Output can be true (boolean, valid phone number), false (boolean, invalid phone number), or nil (symbol, no phone number entered).