Question

I am wanting to build a validator (javascript) that can validate numbers from different countries,

I want to be able to call it using this skeleton phone('NZ', '049234567', false, false);

which is ‘COUNTRY PREFIX`, ‘NUMBER’, ‘LANDLINE’, ‘INTERNATIONAL’.

How would I go about doing such a thing?

Currently I am thinking of having something like

var phones = {
    NZ: {
        national: {
            landline: [
                '03{2,9}n(6)',  //read as 03[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '04{2,9}n(6)',  //read as 04[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '06{2,9}n(6)',  //read as 06[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '07{2,9}n(6)',  //read as 07[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '09{2,9}n(6)'   //read as 09[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
            ],
            mobile: [
                '020n(7,10)', //read as 020[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '021n(7,10)', //read as 021[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '022n(7,10)', //read as 022[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '027n(7,10)', //read as 027[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '029n(7,10)'  //read as 029[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
            ]
        },
        international: {
            landline: [
                '+643{2,9}n(6)',  //read as +643[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '+644{2,9}n(6)',  //read as +644[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '+646{2,9}n(6)',  //read as +646[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '+647{2,9}n(6)',  //read as +647[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
                '+649{2,9}n(6)'   //read as +649[a number between 2 and 9][a random number][repeat previous expression 6 times]
            ],
            mobile: [
                '+6420n(7,10)',  //read as +6420[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '+6421n(7,10)',  //read as +6421[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '+6422n(7,10)',  //read as +6422[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '+6427n(7,10)',  //read as +6427[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
                '+6429n(7,10)'   //read as +6429[a random number][repeat previous expression between 7 and 10 times]
            ]
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes