Accept lowercase Z (1z..) for UPS tracking numbers #102
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9-9: Approve the regex pattern change.The updated regex pattern ensures that both uppercase 'Z' and lowercase 'z' are accepted in UPS tracking numbers, which aligns with the PR objective.
131-131: Approve the addition of the new valid tracking number example.The new valid tracking number example containing a lowercase 'z' provides a test case for the updated regex pattern, ensuring the pattern works as intended.
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It's a good question. Currently the tracking number gem upcases all the text it compares, but it might be a good change to change all the regexes to be case insensitive across the board in this data library. It'd require a couple of test updates (to make sure each is case insensitive), modifying all the character rules and then probably bumping the major version of this repo, but I think all that makes sense ultimately! |
That piqued my interest, as the trouble that lead me here was some sloppy data with lowercase "z"'s that weren't being picked up. On quick read, it looks like initializing a new tracking number upcases it: However, I don't think that's true of searching/scanning a chuck of text for tracking numbers, right? In my case, I have an arbitrary DB field that could contain one or more tracking numbers, from any carrier, with unrelated text, so I'm using Regex case-sensitivity aside, tweaking that to I could open a PR on the gem to address that until it's decided whether the regexes themselves should be case-insensitive. |
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@cgunther I think that's a good interim solution, and makes sense to me. A PR on the tracking number gem with that change would be great. Thanks! |
The regexps define the search pattern in terms of uppercase characters, so when the source data you're searching contains lowercase tracking numbers, they don't match. By upcasing the body before searching, it's more likely to match the search patterns. This also matches that initializing a new `TrackingNumber` object upcases the number for its internal value. Inspired by: jkeen/tracking_number_data#102 Meant as an interim solution until it's decided whether the source regexps should be case-sensitive or not.
The regexps define the search pattern in terms of uppercase characters, so when the source data you're searching contains lowercase tracking numbers, they don't match. By upcasing the body before searching, it's more likely to match the search patterns. This also matches that initializing a new `TrackingNumber` object upcases the number for its internal value. Inspired by: jkeen/tracking_number_data#102 Meant as an interim solution until it's decided whether the source regexps should be case-sensitive or not.
…85) The regexps define the search pattern in terms of uppercase characters, so when the source data you're searching contains lowercase tracking numbers, they don't match. By upcasing the body before searching, it's more likely to match the search patterns. This also matches that initializing a new `TrackingNumber` object upcases the number for its internal value. Inspired by: jkeen/tracking_number_data#102 Meant as an interim solution until it's decided whether the source regexps should be case-sensitive or not.
I realize UPS probably always treats the Z as uppercase, however I'm dealing with some messy data where it's sometimes lowercase, so I'm curious if this is something that should be solved at the library level, or in the application.
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