class PhoneNumberValidator::Validator

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

Constants

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

Public Class Methods

new(phone_number = '+1 (949) 355-6244 ext. 198842') click to toggle source

initializes the @phone_number instance variable

# File lib/phone_number_validator/validator.rb, line 15
    def initialize(phone_number = '+1 (949) 355-6244 ext. 198842')
@phone_number = phone_number
    end

Public Instance Methods

validate() click to toggle source

Checks to see if the phone number the user entered is valid by testing regex the pattern with the phone number

Return Type:

boolean or symbol

# File lib/phone_number_validator/validator.rb, line 25
def validate
  if (@phone_number.match(PHONE_NUMBER_REGEX))
    return true
  elsif (@phone_number == '')
    return :nil
  else
    return false
  end
end