Hi I need to check for a PO Box addresses in a string. I should not allow a pobox in a address Line. For that I need a pattern and willl match this pattern with my string Ex:***** something like this ****** Pattern poBoxPattern = Pattern.compile("\\bp\\s*\\d") .... Matcher matcher = poBoxPattern.matcher(locationAddressStreet); if(matcher.find()){ } So, could anyone help me with making the pattern. My pattern should recognize sub strings like... 1. po 123 ( meaning: po followed by any integer/integers ) 2. p o 123 3. p.o. 123 4. p. o. 123 5. po box 6. po box 7. p o box 8. p o 123 Note: "po sometext" or "p o sometext" should not be recognized. Any help is truly appreciated. Thanks Sai
Sorry :-( Forgot to add the pattern. Might be useful to others "p[. ]?o([. ]+)?(\\d+)|\\bpo\\s*box\\b" Thanks Sai