Zimbabwe National ID Regex

regex.txt

# 00000000X00
/([0-9]{8,9}[a-z,A-Z][0-9]{2})/g


# 00-000000-X-00 dashes are optional
/([0-9]{2}-?[0-9]{6,7}-?[a-z,A-Z]-?[0-9]{2})/g


# 00-000000 X00 dash is required, space before letter is optional
/([0-9]{2}-[0-9]{6,7}\s?[a-z,A-Z][0-9]{2})/g

Just made things a whole lot easier.

if you are doing it in Java then

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\d{7,9}[A-Z]{1}\d{2}$");
@OverRide
public void validate(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent, Object o) throws ValidatorException {
log.info("posted id number {}", o.toString());
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(o.toString());

    if (!matcher.matches()){
        FacesMessage msg =
                new FacesMessage("Invalid Id Number","Check the id number that you input");
        msg.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR);
        throw new ValidatorException(msg);
    }
}

thanks