[Valid_SSN]

Description

Link: [Valid_SSN]
Author: Chris Corwin
Category: Utility
Version: 8.x
License:
Posted: Nov. 16, 2005
Updated: Jan. 16, 2006
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Returns (true|false) depending upon whether the input is valid or not. Has an optional -Strict parameter.

Parameters

-Input string, required The social security number to be checked for validness.
-Strict string, optional Determines how strictly to judge the social security number for validness.

Sample Usage

[//lasso

	local: 'somestrings' = 
			(:
				'(317) 418-1795',
				'102-24-1879',
				'102241879',
				)
		;
	iterate(#somestrings, local('a_string'));
			'<p>';
					'<var>Input</var>';
					'<samp>'#a_string'</samp>';
					'<em>' Valid_SSN(#a_string, -Strict) '</em>';
					'<dfn>strict</dfn>';
			'</p>';
			'<p>';
					'<var>Input</var>';
					'<samp>'#a_string'</samp>';
					'<em>' Valid_SSN(#a_string) '</em>';
			'</p>';
	/iterate;
]
						

Source Code

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[//lasso
	define_tag(
		'SSN', 
		-namespace='Valid_',
		-priority='replace',
		-description='Returns (true|false) depending upon whether the input is valid or not. Has an optional -Strict parameter.',
		-Required='Input'
		);
			fail_if(
				!params->size,
				-1,
				'[Valid_SSN] requires a requires at least one parameter.'
			);
			
			local(
				'a_number' = string(#Input),
				'regex_Loose' = '^\\d{3}[\\-]*\\d{2}[\\-]*\\d{4}$',
				'regex_Strict' = '^\\d{3}\\-\\d{2}\\-\\d{4}$'
				);
			if: (params) >> -Strict;
					Local: 'a_regex' = @#regex_strict;
			else;
					Local: 'a_regex' = @#regex_loose;
			/if;
			return(boolean(string_FindRegExp( #a_number, -Find=#a_regex)->size));
	/define_tag;

]

 

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