piighost/pt-postal

Portuguese postal code: four digits, a dash, then three digits for the delivery zone. The dash is mandatory, which is what keeps it apart from the nine bare digits of a tax number.

Label: PT_POSTAL

Pattern

(?<!\w)\d{4}-\d{3}(?!\w)

Must be caught

• Morada em 1000-100 Lisboa, perto do metro. → 1000-100
• A fabrica fica em 4150-007 Porto. → 4150-007

Must be left alone

• O codigo antigo era 1000
• Intervalo 100-100

Tags: pt, location, contact

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Used by

• piighost/pt — Portugal: phone, postal code and the NIF tax number.

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