US currency validation using Regular Expressions ❤️

Given some US Currencies, the task is to check if they are valid or not using regular expressions. Rules for the valid Currency are:

It should always start with “$“.
It can contain only digits (0 – 9) and at most one dot.
It should not contain any whitespaces and alphabets.
Comma Separator (‘, ‘) should be there after every three digits interval.

Examples:

Input: “$0.84”
Output: True

Input: “12345”
Output: False
Explanation: “$” is missing in the starting.

Approach: The problem can be solved based on the following idea:

Create a regex pattern to validate the number as written below:
regex = “^\$([0-9]{1, 3}(\, [0-9]{3})*|([0-9]+))(\.[0-9]{2})?$”

OR

regex=”^\$(\d{1, 3}(\, \d{3})*|(\d+))(\.\d{2})?$“

Where,

^ : Represents, beginning of the string

\$ : Should always start from $

\d : Digits should be there

\. : dot can be present or not

\d{2} : Only digits are allowed after dot

Follow the below steps to implement the idea:

Create a regex expression for US Currency.
Use Pattern class to compile the regex formed.
Use the matcher function to check whether the US Currency is valid or not.
If it is valid, return true. Otherwise, return false.

Below is the implementation of the above approach.

C++

// C++ program to validate the
// US CURRENCY using Regular
// Expression
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <regex>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to validate the
// US CURRENCY
string isValid_USCurrency(string str)
{
    // Regex to check valid
    // US CURRENCY.
    const regex pattern(
        "^\\$(\\d{1, 3}(\\, \\d{3})*|(\\d+))(\\.\\d{2})?$");
 
    // If the str
    // is empty return false
    if (str.empty()) {
        return "false";
    }
 
    // Return true if the str
    // matched the ReGex
    if (regex_match(str, pattern)) {
        return "true";
    }
    else {
        return "false";
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Test Case 1:
    string str1 = "$123458";
    cout << isValid_USCurrency(str1) << endl;
 
    // Test Case 2:
    string str2 = "$1, 234, 567.89";
    cout << isValid_USCurrency(str2) << endl;
 
    // Test Case 3:
    string str3 = "$0.84";
    cout << isValid_USCurrency(str3) << endl;
 
    // Test Case 4:
    string str4 = "$12, 3456.01";
    cout << isValid_USCurrency(str4) << endl;
 
    // Test Case 5:
    string str5 = "$1.234";
    cout << isValid_USCurrency(str5) << endl;
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to validate the
// US Currency using Regular Expression
 
import java.util.regex.*;
 
class GFG {
 
    // Function to validate the
    // US Currency
    public static boolean isValid_USCurrency(String str)
    {
        // Regex to check valid  US Currency
        String regex
            = "^\\$(\\d{1, 3}(\\, \\d{3})*|(\\d+))(\\.\\d{2})?$";
 
        // Compile the ReGex
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
 
        // If the str is empty return false
        if (str == null) {
            return false;
        }
 
        // Pattern class contains matcher()
        // method to find matching between
        // given str using regex.
        Matcher m = p.matcher(str);
 
        // Return if the str
        // matched the ReGex
        return m.matches();
    }
 
    // Driver Code.
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        // Test Case 1:
        String str1 = "$123458";
        System.out.println(isValid_USCurrency(str1));
 
        // Test Case 2:
        String str2 = "$1, 234, 567.89";
        System.out.println(isValid_USCurrency(str2));
 
        // Test Case 3:
        String str3 = "$0.84";
        System.out.println(isValid_USCurrency(str3));
 
        // Test Case 4:
        String str4 = "$12, 3456.01";
        System.out.println(isValid_USCurrency(str4));
 
        // Test Case 5:
        String str5 = "$1.234";
        System.out.println(isValid_USCurrency(str5));
    }
}

Python3

# Python3 program to validate
# US Currency using Regular Expression
 
import re
 
 
# Function to validate
# US Currency
def isValid_USCurrency(str):
 
    # Regex to check valid US Currency
    regex = "^\\$(\\d{1, 3}(\\, \\d{3})*|(\\d+))(\\.\\d{2})?$"
 
    # Compile the ReGex
    p = re.compile(regex)
 
    # If the string is empty
    # return false
    if (str == None):
        return "false"
 
    # Return if the string
    # matched the ReGex
    if(re.search(p, str)):
        return "true"
    else:
        return "false"
 
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
 
    # Test Case 1:
    str1 = "$123458"
    print(isValid_USCurrency(str1))
 
    # Test Case 2:
    str2 = "$1, 234, 567.89"
    print(isValid_USCurrency(str2))
 
    # Test Case 3:
    str3 = "$0.84"
    print(isValid_USCurrency(str3))
 
    # Test Case 4:
    str4 = "$12, 3456.01"
    print(isValid_USCurrency(str4))
 
    # Test Case 5:
    str5 = "$1.234"
    print(isValid_USCurrency(str5))

C#

// C# program to validate the
// US Currency using Regular Expression
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
public class GFG {
 
    // Function to validate the
    // US Currency
    public static bool isValid_USCurrency(string str)
    {
        // Regex to check valid US Currency
        string regex
            = "^\\$(\\d{1, 3}(\\, \\d{3})*|(\\d+))(\\.\\d{2})?$";
 
        // Compile the ReGex
        Regex p = new Regex(regex);
 
        // If the str is empty return false
        if (str == null) {
            return false;
        }
 
        // Pattern class contains matcher()
        // method to find matching between
        // given str using regex.
        Match m = p.Match(str);
 
        // Return if the str
        // matched the ReGex
        return m.Success;
    }
 
    // Driver Code.
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Test Case 1:
        string str1 = "$123458";
        Console.WriteLine(isValid_USCurrency(str1));
 
        // Test Case 2:
        string str2 = "$1, 234, 567.89";
        Console.WriteLine(isValid_USCurrency(str2));
 
        // Test Case 3:
        string str3 = "$0.84";
        Console.WriteLine(isValid_USCurrency(str3));
 
        // Test Case 4:
        string str4 = "$12, 3456.01";
        Console.WriteLine(isValid_USCurrency(str4));
 
        // Test Case 5:
        string str5 = "$1.234";
        Console.WriteLine(isValid_USCurrency(str5));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Pushpesh Raj.

Javascript

// Javascript program to validate
// US Currency using Regular Expression
 
// Function to validate the
// US Currency
function isValid_USCurrency(str) {
    // Regex to check valid
    // US Currency
    let regex = new RegExp(/^\$(\d{1, 3}(\, \d{3})*|(\d+))(\.\d{2})?$/);
 
    // if str 
    // is empty return false
    if (str == null) {
        return "false";
    }
 
    // Return true if the str
    // matched the ReGex
    if (regex.test(str) == true) {
        return "true";
    }
    else {
        return "false";
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
// Test Case 1:
let str1 = "$123458";
console.log(isValid_USCurrency(str1));
 
// Test Case 2:
let str2 = "$1, 234, 567.89";
console.log(isValid_USCurrency(str2));
 
// Test Case 3:
let str3 = "$0.84";
console.log(isValid_USCurrency(str3));
 
// Test Case 4:
let str4 = "$12, 3456.01";
console.log(isValid_USCurrency(str4));
 
// Test Case 5:
let str5 = "$1.234";
console.log(isValid_USCurrency(str5));

Output

true
true
true
false
false

Time Complexity: O(N) for each test case, where N is the length of the given string.
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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