A few useful C# phone and fax number validation methods.
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace Validation
{
public static class PhoneAndFaxNumberValidators
{
public static bool ValidatePhoneNumberCharacters(string phoneNumber)
{
return new Regex("^([0-9pP\\.\\s\\-\\(\\)\\#]{3,24})$").Match(phoneNumber).Success;
}
public static bool ValidateAreaCode(string areaCode)
{
return new Regex("^[0-9]{3}$").Match(areaCode).Success;
}
public static bool ValidateDialingPrefix(string phoneNumber)
{
return new Regex("^[dD]?[0-9pP]*$").Match(phoneNumber).Success;
}
public static bool ValidateFaxNumber(string faxNumber)
{
return new Regex("^([0-9pP\\.\\s\\-\\(\\)\\#]{3,24})$").Match(faxNumber).Success;
}
public static bool ValidateDigitMask(string digitMask)
{
return new Regex("^[dDxX]+$").Match(digitMask).Success;
}
public static string FilterDidNumber(string number)
{
var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
foreach (var c in number)
{
if (char.IsDigit(c))
stringBuilder.Append(c);
}
return stringBuilder.ToString();
}
public static string CreateDialableFaxNumber(string faxNumber)
{
return new Regex("[^0-9A-Da-dpP#,!WwPpTt@$?;]").Replace(faxNumber, string.Empty);
}
}
}