Title: Match ZIP Codes
Slug: match_zip_codes
Summary: Match ZIP Codes
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Regex
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

Preliminaries



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# Load regex package
import re

Create some text



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# Create a variable containing a text string
text = '3829 South Ave Street, Pheonix, AZ 34923'



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# Find any ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 number
re.findall(r'[0-9]{5}(?:-[0-9]{4})?', text)









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['34923']