tweaked international mobile number format

Question

I need a pattern (java regex) that will match international mobile numbers containing 7 to 17 digits with the exception that the first 3 digits can not be (965) consecutively. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

First (if necessary) remove all non-digits from your string, for example like this:

String sanitized_number = raw_number.replaceAll("\\D+", "");

Then check if the following is True:

boolean foundMatch = sanitized_number.matches("^(?!965)\\d{7,17}$");