US State Code Regex Pattern

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Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /^(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AIT]|W[AIVY])$/;
const test = "CA";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

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

import re

pattern = r'^(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AIT]|W[AIVY])$'
test = "CA"
match = re.search(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`^(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AIT]|W[AIVY])$`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("CA")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the US State Code Regex

Matches valid US state and DC two-letter abbreviations. Complete list of all 50 states plus District of Columbia.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The us state code pattern is classified as intermediate 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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