VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) Regex Pattern

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Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /^[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}$/;
const test = "1HGBH41JXMN109186";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

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

import re

pattern = r'^[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}$'
test = "1HGBH41JXMN109186"
match = re.search(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}$`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("1HGBH41JXMN109186")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) Regex

Validates 17-character Vehicle Identification Numbers excluding I, O, and Q which can be confused with 1 and 0.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The vin (vehicle identification number) 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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