Passport Number Regex Pattern

Live Regex Tester

Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /^[A-Z]{1,2}\d{6,9}$/;
const test = "AB1234567";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'^[A-Z]{1,2}\d{6,9}$'
test = "AB1234567"
match = re.search(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Z]{1,2}\d{6,9}$`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("AB1234567")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the Passport Number Regex

Matches common passport number formats with 1-2 letter prefix followed by 6-9 digits.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The passport number pattern is classified as beginner difficulty in the identity & documents category. It works in all major programming languages.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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