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Determine a Nigeria mobile phone Telecommunication Network with Regular Expressions
/**
* Created by James Falade on 11/10/2018.
*/
var mtn = {
pattern: /0(703|706|803|806|810|813|814|816|903|906)\d{7}/,
name: 'MTN Nigeria'
};
var airtel = {
pattern: /0(701|708|802|808|812|902|907)\d{7}/,
name: 'Airtel Nigeria'
};
var _9mobile = {
pattern: /0(809|817|818|908|909)\d{7}/,
name: '9mobile'
};
var glo = {
pattern: /0(705|805|807|811|815|905)\d{7}/,
name: 'Globacom'
};
var multilinks = {
pattern: /070(27\d{6})|9\d{7}/,
name: 'Multi-Links'
};
var ntel = {
pattern: /0804\d{7}/,
name: 'Ntel'
};
var smile = {
pattern: /0702[0-4]\d{6}/,
name: 'Smile'
};
var starcomms = {
pattern: /0(7028\d{6}|7029\d{6}|819\d{7})/,
name: 'Starcomms'
};
var visafone = {
pattern: /070(25\d{6}|26\d{6}|4\d{7})/,
name: 'Visafone'
};
var zoomMobile = {
pattern: /0707\d{7}/,
name: 'ZoomMobile'
};
var networks = [mtn,airtel,_9mobile,glo,multilinks,ntel,smile,starcomms,visafone,zoomMobile];
var nigeriaMobileNumberValidator = {
isNumberValid(mobileNumber){
//TODO convert international number to local format.
var network = this.getNetworkProvider(mobileNumber);
return !!network;
},
getNetworkProvider(mobileNumber){
for(var network of networks){
if (network.pattern.test(mobileNumber)){
return network.name;
}
}
return null;
}
};
if (global){
global.nigeriaMobileNumberValidator = nigeriaMobileNumberValidator;
}else if(window){
window.nigeriaMobileNumberValidator = nigeriaMobileNumberValidator;
}
console.log(nigeriaMobileNumberValidator.getNetworkProvider("08033333333"));
console.log(nigeriaMobileNumberValidator.isNumberValid("04155447755"));
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jamesthedove commented Oct 11, 2018

Note that users can switch their network (sim swap) so always give the option to manually select the network

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