We do business largely in the United States and are trying to improve user experience by combining all the address fields into a single text area. But there are a few problems:
Apparently, this is a common question:
Is there a way to isolate an address from the text around it and break it into pieces? Is there a regular expression to parse addresses?
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I saw this question a lot when I worked for an address verification company. I'm posting the answer here to make it more accessible to programmers searching around with the same question. The company I was at processed billions of addresses, and we learned a lot in the process.
First, we need to understand a few things about addresses.
This means that regular expressions are out. I've seen it all, from simple regular expressions that match addresses in a very specific format, to this:
/\s+(\d{2,5}\s+)(?![a|p]m\b)(([a-zA-Z|\s+]{1,5}){1,2})?([\s|,|.]+)?(([a-zA-Z|\s+]{1,30}){1,4})(court|ct|street|st|drive|dr|lane|ln|road|rd|blvd)([\s|,|.|;]+)?(([a-zA-Z|\s+]{1,30}){1,2})([\s|,|.]+)?\b(AK|AL|AR|AZ|CA|CO|CT|DC|DE|FL|GA|GU|HI|IA|ID|IL|IN|KS|KY|LA|MA|MD|ME|MI|MN|MO|MS|MT|NC|ND|NE|NH|NJ|NM|NV|NY|OH|OK|OR|PA|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VA|VI|VT|WA|WI|WV|WY)([\s|,|.]+)?(\s+\d{5})?([\s|,|.]+)/i
... to this where a 900+ line-class file generates a supermassive regular expression on the fly to match even more. I don't recommend these (for example, here's a fiddle of the above regex, that makes plenty of mistakes). There isn't an easy magic formula to get this to work. In theory and by theory, it's impossible to match addresses with a regular expression.
USPS Publication 28 documents the many formats of addresses that are possible, with all their keywords and variations. Worst of all, addresses are often ambiguous. Words can mean more than one thing ("St" can be "Saint" or "Street"), and there are words that I'm pretty sure they invented. (Who knew that "Stravenue" was a street suffix?)
You'd need some code that really understands addresses, and if that code does exist, it's a trade secret. But you could probably roll your own if you're really into that.
Here are some contrived (but complete) addresses:
1) 102 main street
Anytown, state
2) 400n 600e #2, 52173
3) p.o. #104 60203
Even these are possibly valid:
4) 829 LKSDFJlkjsdflkjsdljf Bkpw 12345
5) 205 1105 14 90210
Obviously, these are not standardized. Punctuation and line break are not guaranteed. Here's what's going on:
Number 1 is complete because it contains a street address and a city and state. With that information, there's enough to identify the address, and it can be considered "deliverable" (with some standardization).
Number 2 is complete because it contains a street address (with secondary/unit number) and a 5-digit ZIP code, which is enough to identify an address.
Number 3 is a complete post office box format, as it contains a ZIP code.
Number 4 is also complete because the ZIP code is unique, meaning that a private entity or corporation has purchased that address space. A unique ZIP code is for high-volume or concentrated delivery spaces. Anything addressed to ZIP code 12345 goes to General Electric in Schenectady, NY. This example won't reach anyone in particular, but the USPS would still deliver it.
Number 5 is also complete, believe it or not. With just those numbers, the full address can be discovered when parsed against a database of all possible addresses. Filling in the missing directionals, secondary designator, and ZIP+4 code is trivial when you see each number as a component. Here's what it looks like, fully expanded and standardized:
205 N 1105 W Apt 14
Beverly Hills CA 90210-5221
In most countries that provide official address data to licensed vendors, the address data itself belongs to the governing agency. In the US, the USPS owns the addresses. The same is true for Canada Post, Royal Mail, and others, though each country enforces or defines ownership a little differently. Knowing this is important since it usually forbids reverse-engineering the address database. You have to be careful how to acquire, store, and use the data.
Google Maps is a common go-to for quick address fixes, but the TOS is rather prohibitive; for example, you can't use their data or APIs without showing a Google Map, and for non-commercial purposes only (unless you pay), and you can't store the data (except for temporary caching). Makes sense. Google's data is some of the best in the world. However, Google Maps does not verify the address. If an address does not exist, it will still show you where the address would be if it did exist (try it on your own street; use a house number that you know doesn't exist). This is useful sometimes, but be aware of that.
Nominatim's usage policy is similarly limiting, especially for high volume and commercial use, and the data is mostly drawn from free sources, so it isn't as well maintained (such as the nature of open projects). However, this may still suit your needs. A great community supports it.
The USPS itself has an API, but it goes down a lot and comes with no guarantees nor support. It might also be hard to use. Some people use it sparingly with no problems. But it's easy to miss that the USPS requires that you use their API only for confirming addresses to ship through them.
Unfortunately, we've conditioned our society to expect addresses to be complicated. There are dozens of good UX articles all over the Internet about this. Still, the fact is, if you have an address form with individual fields, that's what users expect, even though it makes it harder for edge-case addresses that don't fit the format the form is expecting, or maybe the form requires a field it shouldn't. Or users don't know where to put a certain part of their address.
I could go on and on about the bad UX of checkout forms these days, but instead, I'll say that combining the addresses into a single field will be a welcome change -- people will be able to type their address how they see fit, rather than trying to figure out your lengthy form. However, this change will be unexpected and users may find it a little jarring at first. Just be aware of that.
Part of this pain can be alleviated by putting the country field out front, before the address. When they fill out the country field first, you know how to make your form appear. Maybe you have a good way to deal with single-field US addresses, so if they select the United States, you can reduce your form to a single field, otherwise show the component fields. Just things to think about!
The USPS licenses vendors through a process called CASS™ Certification to provide verified addresses to customers. These vendors have access to the USPS database, updated monthly. Their software must conform to rigorous standards to be certified, and they don't often require agreement to such limiting terms as discussed above.
Many CASS-Certified companies can process lists or have APIs: Melissa Data, Experian QAS, and SmartyStreets, to name a few.
(Due to getting flak for "advertising," I've truncated my answer at this point. It's up to you to find a solution that works for you.)
The Truth: Really, folks, I don't work at any of these companies. It's not an advertisement.
No code? For shame!
Here is a simple JavaScript address parser. It's pretty awful for every single reason that Matt gives in his dissertation above (which I almost 100% agree with: addresses are complex types, and humans make mistakes; better to outsource and automate this - when you can afford to).
But rather than cry, I decided to try:
This code works OK for parsing most Esri results for findAddressCandidate
and also with some other (reverse)geocoders that return single-line address where street/city/state are delimited by commas. You can extend if you want or write country-specific parsers. Or just use this as case study of how challenging this exercise can be or at how lousy I am at JavaScript. I admit I only spent about thirty mins on this (future iterations could add caches, zip validation, and state lookups as well as user location context), but it worked for my use case: End user sees form that parses geocode search response into 4 textboxes. If address parsing comes out wrong (which is rare unless source data was poor) it's no big deal - the user gets to verify and fix it! (But for automated solutions could either discard/ignore or flag as error so dev can either support the new format or fix source data.)
/* _x000D_
address assumptions:_x000D_
- US addresses only (probably want separate parser for different countries)_x000D_
- No country code expected._x000D_
- if last token is a number it is probably a postal code_x000D_
-- 5 digit number means more likely_x000D_
- if last token is a hyphenated string it might be a postal code_x000D_
-- if both sides are numeric, and in form #####-#### it is more likely_x000D_
- if city is supplied, state will also be supplied (city names not unique)_x000D_
- zip/postal code may be omitted even if has city & state_x000D_
- state may be two-char code or may be full state name._x000D_
- commas: _x000D_
-- last comma is usually city/state separator_x000D_
-- second-to-last comma is possibly street/city separator_x000D_
-- other commas are building-specific stuff that I don't care about right now._x000D_
- token count:_x000D_
-- because units, street names, and city names may contain spaces token count highly variable._x000D_
-- simplest address has at least two tokens: 714 OAK_x000D_
-- common simple address has at least four tokens: 714 S OAK ST_x000D_
-- common full (mailing) address has at least 5-7:_x000D_
--- 714 OAK, RUMTOWN, VA 59201_x000D_
--- 714 S OAK ST, RUMTOWN, VA 59201_x000D_
-- complex address may have a dozen or more:_x000D_
--- MAGICICIAN SUPPLY, LLC, UNIT 213A, MAGIC TOWN MALL, 13 MAGIC CIRCLE DRIVE, LAND OF MAGIC, MA 73122-3412_x000D_
*/_x000D_
_x000D_
var rawtext = $("textarea").val();_x000D_
var rawlist = rawtext.split("\n");_x000D_
_x000D_
function ParseAddressEsri(singleLineaddressString) {_x000D_
var address = {_x000D_
street: "",_x000D_
city: "",_x000D_
state: "",_x000D_
postalCode: ""_x000D_
};_x000D_
_x000D_
// tokenize by space (retain commas in tokens)_x000D_
var tokens = singleLineaddressString.split(/[\s]+/);_x000D_
var tokenCount = tokens.length;_x000D_
var lastToken = tokens.pop();_x000D_
if (_x000D_
// if numeric assume postal code (ignore length, for now)_x000D_
!isNaN(lastToken) ||_x000D_
// if hyphenated assume long zip code, ignore whether numeric, for now_x000D_
lastToken.split("-").length - 1 === 1) {_x000D_
address.postalCode = lastToken;_x000D_
lastToken = tokens.pop();_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
if (lastToken && isNaN(lastToken)) {_x000D_
if (address.postalCode.length && lastToken.length === 2) {_x000D_
// assume state/province code ONLY if had postal code_x000D_
// otherwise it could be a simple address like "714 S OAK ST"_x000D_
// where "ST" for "street" looks like two-letter state code_x000D_
// possibly this could be resolved with registry of known state codes, but meh. (and may collide anyway)_x000D_
address.state = lastToken;_x000D_
lastToken = tokens.pop();_x000D_
}_x000D_
if (address.state.length === 0) {_x000D_
// check for special case: might have State name instead of State Code._x000D_
var stateNameParts = [lastToken.endsWith(",") ? lastToken.substring(0, lastToken.length - 1) : lastToken];_x000D_
_x000D_
// check remaining tokens from right-to-left for the first comma_x000D_
while (2 + 2 != 5) {_x000D_
lastToken = tokens.pop();_x000D_
if (!lastToken) break;_x000D_
else if (lastToken.endsWith(",")) {_x000D_
// found separator, ignore stuff on left side_x000D_
tokens.push(lastToken); // put it back_x000D_
break;_x000D_
} else {_x000D_
stateNameParts.unshift(lastToken);_x000D_
}_x000D_
}_x000D_
address.state = stateNameParts.join(' ');_x000D_
lastToken = tokens.pop();_x000D_
}_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
if (lastToken) {_x000D_
// here is where it gets trickier:_x000D_
if (address.state.length) {_x000D_
// if there is a state, then assume there is also a city and street._x000D_
// PROBLEM: city may be multiple words (spaces)_x000D_
// but we can pretty safely assume next-from-last token is at least PART of the city name_x000D_
// most cities are single-name. It would be very helpful if we knew more context, like_x000D_
// the name of the city user is in. But ignore that for now._x000D_
// ideally would have zip code service or lookup to give city name for the zip code._x000D_
var cityNameParts = [lastToken.endsWith(",") ? lastToken.substring(0, lastToken.length - 1) : lastToken];_x000D_
_x000D_
// assumption / RULE: street and city must have comma delimiter_x000D_
// addresses that do not follow this rule will be wrong only if city has space_x000D_
// but don't care because Esri formats put comma before City_x000D_
var streetNameParts = [];_x000D_
_x000D_
// check remaining tokens from right-to-left for the first comma_x000D_
while (2 + 2 != 5) {_x000D_
lastToken = tokens.pop();_x000D_
if (!lastToken) break;_x000D_
else if (lastToken.endsWith(",")) {_x000D_
// found end of street address (may include building, etc. - don't care right now)_x000D_
// add token back to end, but remove trailing comma (it did its job)_x000D_
tokens.push(lastToken.endsWith(",") ? lastToken.substring(0, lastToken.length - 1) : lastToken);_x000D_
streetNameParts = tokens;_x000D_
break;_x000D_
} else {_x000D_
cityNameParts.unshift(lastToken);_x000D_
}_x000D_
}_x000D_
address.city = cityNameParts.join(' ');_x000D_
address.street = streetNameParts.join(' ');_x000D_
} else {_x000D_
// if there is NO state, then assume there is NO city also, just street! (easy)_x000D_
// reasoning: city names are not very original (Portland, OR and Portland, ME) so if user wants city they need to store state also (but if you are only ever in Portlan, OR, you don't care about city/state)_x000D_
// put last token back in list, then rejoin on space_x000D_
tokens.push(lastToken);_x000D_
address.street = tokens.join(' ');_x000D_
}_x000D_
}_x000D_
// when parsing right-to-left hard to know if street only vs street + city/state_x000D_
// hack fix for now is to shift stuff around._x000D_
// assumption/requirement: will always have at least street part; you will never just get "city, state" _x000D_
// could possibly tweak this with options or more intelligent parsing&sniffing_x000D_
if (!address.city && address.state) {_x000D_
address.city = address.state;_x000D_
address.state = '';_x000D_
}_x000D_
if (!address.street) {_x000D_
address.street = address.city;_x000D_
address.city = '';_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
return address;_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
// get list of objects with discrete address properties_x000D_
var addresses = rawlist_x000D_
.filter(function(o) {_x000D_
return o.length > 0_x000D_
})_x000D_
.map(ParseAddressEsri);_x000D_
$("#output").text(JSON.stringify(addresses));_x000D_
console.log(addresses);
_x000D_
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<textarea>_x000D_
27488 Stanford Ave, Bowden, North Dakota_x000D_
380 New York St, Redlands, CA 92373_x000D_
13212 E SPRAGUE AVE, FAIR VALLEY, MD 99201_x000D_
1005 N Gravenstein Highway, Sebastopol CA 95472_x000D_
A. P. Croll & Son 2299 Lewes-Georgetown Hwy, Georgetown, DE 19947_x000D_
11522 Shawnee Road, Greenwood, DE 19950_x000D_
144 Kings Highway, S.W. Dover, DE 19901_x000D_
Intergrated Const. Services 2 Penns Way Suite 405, New Castle, DE 19720_x000D_
Humes Realty 33 Bridle Ridge Court, Lewes, DE 19958_x000D_
Nichols Excavation 2742 Pulaski Hwy, Newark, DE 19711_x000D_
2284 Bryn Zion Road, Smyrna, DE 19904_x000D_
VEI Dover Crossroads, LLC 1500 Serpentine Road, Suite 100 Baltimore MD 21_x000D_
580 North Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901_x000D_
P.O. Box 778, Dover, DE 19903_x000D_
714 S OAK ST_x000D_
714 S OAK ST, RUM TOWN, VA, 99201_x000D_
3142 E SPRAGUE AVE, WHISKEY VALLEY, WA 99281_x000D_
27488 Stanford Ave, Bowden, North Dakota_x000D_
380 New York St, Redlands, CA 92373_x000D_
</textarea>_x000D_
<div id="output">_x000D_
</div>
_x000D_
For US Address Parsing,
I prefer using usaddress package that is available in pip for usaddress only
python3 -m pip install usaddress
This worked well for me for US address.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# address_parser.py
import sys
from usaddress import tag
from json import dumps, loads
if __name__ == '__main__':
tag_mapping = {
'Recipient': 'recipient',
'AddressNumber': 'addressStreet',
'AddressNumberPrefix': 'addressStreet',
'AddressNumberSuffix': 'addressStreet',
'StreetName': 'addressStreet',
'StreetNamePreDirectional': 'addressStreet',
'StreetNamePreModifier': 'addressStreet',
'StreetNamePreType': 'addressStreet',
'StreetNamePostDirectional': 'addressStreet',
'StreetNamePostModifier': 'addressStreet',
'StreetNamePostType': 'addressStreet',
'CornerOf': 'addressStreet',
'IntersectionSeparator': 'addressStreet',
'LandmarkName': 'addressStreet',
'USPSBoxGroupID': 'addressStreet',
'USPSBoxGroupType': 'addressStreet',
'USPSBoxID': 'addressStreet',
'USPSBoxType': 'addressStreet',
'BuildingName': 'addressStreet',
'OccupancyType': 'addressStreet',
'OccupancyIdentifier': 'addressStreet',
'SubaddressIdentifier': 'addressStreet',
'SubaddressType': 'addressStreet',
'PlaceName': 'addressCity',
'StateName': 'addressState',
'ZipCode': 'addressPostalCode',
}
try:
address, _ = tag(' '.join(sys.argv[1:]), tag_mapping=tag_mapping)
except:
with open('failed_address.txt', 'a') as fp:
fp.write(sys.argv[1] + '\n')
print(dumps({}))
else:
print(dumps(dict(address)))
Running the address_parser.py
python3 address_parser.py 9757 East Arcadia Ave. Saugus MA 01906
{"addressStreet": "9757 East Arcadia Ave.", "addressCity": "Saugus", "addressState": "MA", "addressPostalCode": "01906"}
UPDATE: Geocode.xyz now works worldwide. For examples see https://geocode.xyz
For USA, Mexico and Canada, see geocoder.ca.
For example:
Input: something going on near the intersection of main and arthur kill rd new york
Output:
<geodata> <latt>40.5123510000</latt> <longt>-74.2500500000</longt> <AreaCode>347,718</AreaCode> <TimeZone>America/New_York</TimeZone> <standard> <street1>main</street1> <street2>arthur kill</street2> <stnumber/> <staddress/> <city>STATEN ISLAND</city> <prov>NY</prov> <postal>11385</postal> <confidence>0.9</confidence> </standard> </geodata>
You may also check the results in the web interface or get output as Json or Jsonp. eg. I'm looking for restaurants around 123 Main Street, New York
libpostal: an open-source library to parse addresses, training with data from OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses and OpenCage.
https://github.com/openvenues/libpostal (more info about it)
Other tools/services:
http://www.gisgraphy.com Free, open source, and ready to use geocoder and geolocalisation webservices, integrating OpenStreetMap, GeoNames and Quattroshapes.
https://github.com/kodapan/osm-common Library for accessing OpenStreetMap services, parsing and processing data.
There are many street address parsers. They come in two basic flavors - ones that have databases of place names and street names, and ones that don't.
A regular expression street address parser can get up to about a 95% success rate without much trouble. Then you start hitting the unusual cases. The Perl one in CPAN, "Geo::StreetAddress::US", is about that good. There are Python and Javascript ports of that, all open source. I have an improved version in Python which moves the success rate up slightly by handling more cases. To get the last 3% right, though, you need databases to help with disambiguation.
A database with 3-digit ZIP codes and US state names and abbreviations is a big help. When a parser sees a consistent postal code and state name, it can start to lock on to the format. This works very well for the US and UK.
Proper street address parsing starts from the end and works backwards. That's how the USPS systems do it. Addresses are least ambiguous at the end, where country names, city names, and postal codes are relatively easy to recognize. Street names can usually be isolated. Locations on streets are the most complex to parse; there you encounter things such as "Fifth Floor" and "Staples Pavillion". That's when a database is a big help.
I'm late to the party, here is an Excel VBA script I wrote years ago for Australia. It can be easily modified to support other Countries. I've made a GitHub repository of the C# code here. I've hosted it on my site and you can download it here: http://jeremythompson.net/rocks/ParseAddress.xlsm
For any country with a PostCode that's numeric or can be matched with a RegEx my strategy works very well:
First we detect the First and Surname which are assumed to be the top line. Its easy to skip the name and start with the address by unticking the checkbox (called 'Name is top row' as shown below).
Next its safe to expect the Address consisting of the Street and Number come before the Suburb and the St, Pde, Ave, Av, Rd, Cres, loop, etc is a separator.
Detecting the Suburb vs the State and even Country can trick the most sophisticated parsers as there can be conflicts. To overcome this I use a PostCode look up based on the fact that after stripping Street and Apartment/Unit numbers as well as the PoBox,Ph,Fax,Mobile etc, only the PostCode number will remain. This is easy to match with a regEx to then look up the suburb(s) and country.
Your National Post Office Service will provide a list of post codes with Suburbs and States free of charge that you can store in an excel sheet, db table, text/json/xml file, etc.
DISCLAIMER, I know this code is not perfect, or even written well however its very easy to convert to any programming language and run in any type of application.The strategy is the answer depending on your country and rules, take this code as an example:
Option Explicit
Private Const TopRow As Integer = 0
Public Sub ParseAddress()
Dim strArr() As String
Dim sigRow() As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim j As Integer
Dim k As Integer
Dim Stat As String
Dim SpaceInName As Integer
Dim Temp As String
Dim PhExt As String
On Error Resume Next
Temp = ActiveSheet.Range("Address")
'Split info into array
strArr = Split(Temp, vbLf)
'Trim the array
For i = 0 To UBound(strArr)
strArr(i) = VBA.Trim(strArr(i))
Next i
'Remove empty items/rows
ReDim sigRow(LBound(strArr) To UBound(strArr))
For i = LBound(strArr) To UBound(strArr)
If Trim(strArr(i)) <> "" Then
sigRow(j) = strArr(i)
j = j + 1
End If
Next i
ReDim Preserve sigRow(LBound(strArr) To j)
'Find the name (MUST BE ON THE FIRST ROW UNLESS CHECKBOX UNTICKED)
i = TopRow
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkFirst").ControlFormat.Value = 1 Then
SpaceInName = InStr(1, sigRow(i), " ", vbTextCompare) - 1
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("FirstName") = VBA.Left(sigRow(i), SpaceInName)
Else
If MsgBox("First Name: " & VBA.Mid$(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("FirstName") = VBA.Left(sigRow(i), SpaceInName)
End If
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("Surname") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName + 2)
Else
If MsgBox("Surame: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName + 2), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Surname") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName + 2)
End If
sigRow(i) = ""
End If
'Find the Street by looking for a "St, Pde, Ave, Av, Rd, Cres, loop, etc"
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
For j = 0 To 8
If InStr(1, VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Street(j), vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
'Find the position of the street in order to get the suburb
SpaceInName = InStr(1, VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Street(j), vbTextCompare) + Len(Street(j)) - 1
'If its a po box then add 5 chars
If VBA.Right(Street(j), 3) = "BOX" Then SpaceInName = SpaceInName + 5
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("Street") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName)
Else
If MsgBox("Street Address: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Street") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName)
End If
'Trim the Street, Number leaving the Suburb if its exists on the same line
sigRow(i) = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName) + 2
sigRow(i) = Replace(sigRow(i), VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName), "")
GoTo PastAddress:
End If
Next j
End If
Next i
PastAddress:
'Mobile
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
For j = 0 To 3
Temp = Mb(j)
If VBA.Left(VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Len(Temp)) = Temp Then
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("Mobile") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 2)
Else
If MsgBox("Mobile: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 2), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Mobile") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 2)
End If
sigRow(i) = ""
GoTo PastMobile:
End If
Next j
End If
Next i
PastMobile:
'Phone
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
For j = 0 To 1
Temp = Ph(j)
If VBA.Left(VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Len(Temp)) = Temp Then
'TODO: Detect the intl or national extension here.. or if we can from the postcode.
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("Phone") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 3)
Else
If MsgBox("Phone: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 3), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Phone") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 3)
End If
sigRow(i) = ""
GoTo PastPhone:
End If
Next j
End If
Next i
PastPhone:
'Email
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
'replace with regEx search
If InStr(1, sigRow(i), "@", vbTextCompare) And InStr(1, VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), ".CO", vbTextCompare) Then
Dim email As String
email = sigRow(i)
email = Replace(VBA.UCase(email), "EMAIL:", "")
email = Replace(VBA.UCase(email), "E-MAIL:", "")
email = Replace(VBA.UCase(email), "E:", "")
email = Replace(VBA.UCase(Trim(email)), "E ", "")
email = VBA.LCase(email)
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("Email") = email
Else
If MsgBox("Email: " & email, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Email") = email
End If
sigRow(i) = ""
Exit For
End If
End If
Next i
'Now the only remaining items will be the postcode, suburb, country
'there shouldn't be any numbers (eg. from PoBox,Ph,Fax,Mobile) except for the Post Code
'Join the string and filter out the Post Code
Temp = Join(sigRow, vbCrLf)
Temp = Trim(Temp)
For i = 1 To Len(Temp)
Dim postCode As String
postCode = VBA.Mid(Temp, i, 4)
'In Australia PostCodes are 4 digits
If VBA.Mid(Temp, i, 1) <> " " And IsNumeric(postCode) Then
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("PostCode") = postCode
Else
If MsgBox("Post Code: " & postCode, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("PostCode") = postCode
End If
'Lookup the Suburb and State based on the PostCode, the PostCode sheet has the lookup
Dim mySuburbArray As Range
Set mySuburbArray = Sheets("PostCodes").Range("A2:B16670")
Dim suburbs As String
For j = 1 To mySuburbArray.Columns(1).Cells.Count
If mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 1) = postCode Then
'Check if the suburb is listed in the address
If InStr(1, UCase(Temp), mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 2), vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
'Set the Suburb and State
ActiveSheet.Range("Suburb") = mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 2)
Stat = mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 3)
ActiveSheet.Range("State") = Stat
'Knowing the State - for Australia we can get the telephone Ext
PhExt = PhExtension(VBA.UCase(Stat))
ActiveSheet.Range("PhExt") = PhExt
'remove the phone extension from the number
Dim prePhone As String
prePhone = ActiveSheet.Range("Phone")
prePhone = Replace(prePhone, PhExt & " ", "")
prePhone = Replace(prePhone, "(" & PhExt & ") ", "")
prePhone = Replace(prePhone, "(" & PhExt & ")", "")
ActiveSheet.Range("Phone") = prePhone
Exit For
End If
End If
Next j
Exit For
End If
Next i
End Sub
Private Function PhExtension(ByVal State As String) As String
Select Case State
Case Is = "NSW"
PhExtension = "02"
Case Is = "QLD"
PhExtension = "07"
Case Is = "VIC"
PhExtension = "03"
Case Is = "NT"
PhExtension = "04"
Case Is = "WA"
PhExtension = "05"
Case Is = "SA"
PhExtension = "07"
Case Is = "TAS"
PhExtension = "06"
End Select
End Function
Private Function Ph(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Ph = "PH"
Case Is = 1
Ph = "PHONE"
'Case Is = 2
'Ph = "P"
End Select
End Function
Private Function Mb(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Mb = "MB"
Case Is = 1
Mb = "MOB"
Case Is = 2
Mb = "CELL"
Case Is = 3
Mb = "MOBILE"
'Case Is = 4
'Mb = "M"
End Select
End Function
Private Function Fax(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Fax = "FAX"
Case Is = 1
Fax = "FACSIMILE"
'Case Is = 2
'Fax = "F"
End Select
End Function
Private Function State(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
State = "NSW"
Case Is = 1
State = "QLD"
Case Is = 2
State = "VIC"
Case Is = 3
State = "NT"
Case Is = 4
State = "WA"
Case Is = 5
State = "SA"
Case Is = 6
State = "TAS"
End Select
End Function
Private Function Street(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Street = " ST"
Case Is = 1
Street = " RD"
Case Is = 2
Street = " AVE"
Case Is = 3
Street = " AV"
Case Is = 4
Street = " CRES"
Case Is = 5
Street = " LOOP"
Case Is = 6
Street = "PO BOX"
Case Is = 7
Street = " STREET"
Case Is = 8
Street = " ROAD"
Case Is = 9
Street = " AVENUE"
Case Is = 10
Street = " CRESENT"
Case Is = 11
Street = " PARADE"
Case Is = 12
Street = " PDE"
Case Is = 13
Street = " LANE"
Case Is = 14
Street = " COURT"
Case Is = 15
Street = " BLVD"
Case Is = 16
Street = "P.O. BOX"
Case Is = 17
Street = "P.O BOX"
Case Is = 18
Street = "PO BOX"
Case Is = 19
Street = "POBOX"
End Select
End Function
Source: Stackoverflow.com