How to check Aadhaar number is valid or not using Regular Expression

Given string str, the task is to check whether the given string is a valid Aadhaar number or not by using Regular Expression. The valid Aadhaar number must satisfy the following conditions: 

1. It should have 12 digits.
2. It should not start with 0 and 1.
3. It should not contain any alphabet and special characters.
4. It should have white space after every 4 digits.

Examples:

Input: str = “3675 9834 6012” 
Output: true 
Explanation:
The given string satisfies all the above mentioned conditions. Therefore, it is a valid Aadhaar number.
Input: str = “3675 9834 6012 8” 
Output: false 
Explanation:
The given string contains 13 digits. Therefore, it is not a valid Aadhaar number. 

Approach: The idea is to use Regular Expression to solve this problem. The following steps can be followed to compute the answer: 

• Get the String.
• Create a regular expression to check valid Aadhaar number as mentioned below:

regex = “^[2-9]{1}[0-9]{3}\\s[0-9]{4}\\s[0-9]{4}$”;

• Where: 
  • ^ represents the starting of the string.
  • [2-9]{1} represents the first digit should be any from 2-9.
  • [0-9]{3} represents the next 3 digits after the first digit should be any digit from 0-9.
  • \\s represents white space.
  • [0-9]{4} represents the next 4 digits should be any from 0-9.
  • \\s represents white space.
  • [0-9]{4} represents the next 4 digits should be any from 0-9.
  • $ represents the ending of the string.
• Match the given string with the regular expression. In Java, this can be done by using Pattern.matcher().
• Return true if the string matches with the given regular expression, else return false.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program to validate the
// Aadhaar number using Regular Expression
#include <iostream>
#include <regex>
using namespace std;

// Function to validate the Aadhaar number.
bool isValidAadhaarNumber(string str)
{

  // Regex to check valid Aadhaar number.
  const regex pattern("^[2-9]{1}[0-9]{3}\\s[0-9]{4}\\s[0-9]{4}$");

  // If the Aadhaar number
  // is empty return false
  if (str.empty())
  {
     return false;
  }

  // Return true if the Aadhaar number
  // matched the ReGex
  if(regex_match(str, pattern))
  {
    return true;
  }
  else
  {
    return false;
  }
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
  // Test Case 1:
  string str1 = "3675 9834 6015";
  cout << isValidAadhaarNumber(str1) << endl;

  // Test Case 2:
  string str2 = "4675 9834 6012 8";
  cout << isValidAadhaarNumber(str2) << endl;

  // Test Case 3:
  string str3 = "0175 9834 6012";
  cout << isValidAadhaarNumber(str3) << endl;

  // Test Case 4:
  string str4 = "3675 98AF 60#2";
  cout << isValidAadhaarNumber(str4) << endl;

  // Test Case 5:
  string str5 = "417598346012";
  cout << isValidAadhaarNumber(str5) << endl;
  return 0;
}

// This code is contributed by yuvraj_chandra

Java

// Java program to check valid
// Aadhaar number using regex.

import java.util.regex.*;
class GFG {

    // Function to validate Aadhaar number.
    public static boolean
    isValidAadhaarNumber(String str)
    {
        // Regex to check valid Aadhaar number.
        String regex
            = "^[2-9]{1}[0-9]{3}\\s[0-9]{4}\\s[0-9]{4}$";

        // Compile the ReGex
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);

        // If the string is empty
        // return false
        if (str == null) {
            return false;
        }

        // Pattern class contains matcher() method
        // to find matching between given string
        // and regular expression.
        Matcher m = p.matcher(str);

        // Return if the string
        // matched the ReGex
        return m.matches();
    }

    // Driver Code.
    public static void main(String args[])
    {

        // Test Case 1:
        String str1 = "3675 9834 6015";
        System.out.println(isValidAadhaarNumber(str1));

        // Test Case 2:
        String str2 = "4675 9834 6012 8";
        System.out.println(isValidAadhaarNumber(str2));

        // Test Case 3:
        String str3 = "0175 9834 6012";
        System.out.println(isValidAadhaarNumber(str3));

        // Test Case 4:
        String str4 = "3675 98AF 60#2";
        System.out.println(isValidAadhaarNumber(str4));

        // Test Case 5:
        String str5 = "417598346012";
        System.out.println(isValidAadhaarNumber(str5));
    }
}

Python3

# Python3 program to validate
# Aadhaar number using regex.
import re

# Function to validate Aadhaar
# number.
def isValidAadhaarNumber(str):

    # Regex to check valid
    # Aadhaar number.
    regex = ("^[2-9]{1}[0-9]{3}\\" +
             "s[0-9]{4}\\s[0-9]{4}$")

    # Compile the ReGex
    p = re.compile(regex)

    # If the string is empty
    # return false
    if (str == None):
        return False

    # Return if the string
    # matched the ReGex
    if(re.search(p, str)):
        return True
    else:
        return False

# Driver code

# Test Case 1:
str1 = "3675 9834 6015"
print(isValidAadhaarNumber(str1))

# Test Case 2:
str2 = "4675 9834 6012 8"
print(isValidAadhaarNumber(str2))

# Test Case 3:
str3 = "0175 9834 6012"
print(isValidAadhaarNumber(str3))

# Test Case 4:
str4 = "3675 98AF 60#2"
print(isValidAadhaarNumber(str4))

# Test Case 5:
str5 = "417598346012"
print(isValidAadhaarNumber(str5))

# This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155

Output:

true
false
false
false
false