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MZ-BER

German Number Plates can have the following format:

ABC-D 123

ABC-DE 12 

AB-C 123 

A-BC 1234

I’m using this regex to get the variations: ^([A-Z]{1,3}-[A-Z]{1,2}\s[0-9]{1,4})\s([\w\s]+)\:\s(.+)$

strawberry 3.141

@mz-ber you are missing some german number plates:

AB-CD 123E electric vehicles

AB-CD 123H oldtimer, but probably not relevant because they do not have the digital information :D

The other exceptions are not relevant for private vehicles.

MZ-BER

@strawberry-3-141 True! Good catch! So I guess every variation can also have an E at the end. Do you know if there is a whitespace between the last digit and the E? If it is without a space, this will work:

^([A-Z]{1,3}-[A-Z]{1,2}\s[0-9,E]{1,5})\s([\w\s]+)\:\s(.+)$

strawberry 3.141

@mz-ber officially there is no space in between the numbers and the suffix, but I work for a provider of a mobility platform and I can tell you that users frequently come up with their own formats like AB-CD123 (no space) or AB-CD 123 E (extra space).

Your regex works, but it would also cover some invalid plates like the following in case you want a challenge to improve your regex:

AB-CD 0E5E8
The number can’t start with a 0
The E can only be in the end not mixed with the numbers