Regex suitable for validating an address field?

[pictureboarduk]

Hi,

I am adding some JavaScript to validate a contactus form, and the javascript for the name and email is fine, but I'm thinking that trying to validate an actual address, such as where a person lives varies so much that forming validation on the field is not really possible.

Is there a way of doing this at all?

Thanks go to anyone who can advise me.

Thank you.

[igor398]

use <select>
<option>

[camjohnson95]

you could have four fields:
house number / unit number
street name
street type (drop down)

and then your state,postcode,country etc. I have seen this done on some websites.

[PoPSiCLe]

You could restrict the address field to alphanumeric characters (is there anywhere where there are other characters used?) and make it so it is at least a set number of characters - I dunno what would work, but more than 4, at least? That might work - dunno if it's best practice, as I don't know if it would be possible to have a valid address not matching those criteria.

[dimitar christoff]

also try imask - great concept - http://zendold.lojcomm.com.br/imask/

as for address validation, look for PAF (uk based anyway)