regex for ssn

match a social security number

^(?!0{3})(?!6{3})[0-8]\d{2}-(?!0{2})\d{2}-(?!0{4})\d{4}$
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123-45-6789 123 45 6789 333-22-4444 aaa-bbb-cccc 900-58-4564 999-58-4564 000-45-5454

A Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit number that the U.S. government issues to all U.S. citizens and eligible U.S

This expression can be used to find or validate a hyphen-separated Social Security Number (SSN) in the format NNN-NN-NNNN.

An SSN cannot:

  • Contain all zeroes in any specific group (e.g 000-##-####, ###-00-####, or ###-##-0000)
  • Begin with 666.
  • Begin with any value from 900-999.

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expr usage
/\d/ matches any digit
/(hello){1,3}/ matches "hello" that occur between 1 and 3 times (inclusive)
/^/ matches beginning of a line
/$/ matches end of a line
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