Pattern

Regex for Italian Codice Fiscale

16-character Italian tax code.

The pattern

^[A-Z]{6}\d{2}[A-EHLMPRST]\d{2}[A-Z]\d{3}[A-Z]$

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What it matches

RSSMRA85T10A562S
BNCLNZ80B15F205P

What it doesn't match

rssmra85t10a562s
RSSMRA85T10A562
12345678901234567

Notes & gotchas

Codice Fiscale encodes the person's surname (3), name (3), birth year (2), birth month (1 letter), birth day (2 digits, +40 for females), birthplace code (4), and check char. Generated deterministically by the Agenzia delle Entrate.

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About this pattern

European Union identifiers follow standards set by individual member states with EU-wide coordination (VAT VIES, IBAN/SEPA, etc.). The regex validates structure; for production use, validate via the appropriate registry.

Quick usage in different languages

Once you've validated a candidate value matches this pattern, you'll typically use it inside your application code. Each language has its own regex syntax:

JavaScript: new RegExp(pattern).test(value) or /pattern/.test(value)
Python: re.match(pattern, value) with raw strings: r"pattern"
Java: Pattern.compile(pattern).matcher(value).matches()
C# / .NET: Regex.IsMatch(value, pattern)
Go: regexp.MustCompile(pattern).MatchString(value) — Go uses RE2 so some advanced features aren't available
Ruby: value =~ /pattern/ or pattern.match?(value)
PHP: preg_match('/pattern/', $value)

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Common pitfalls

Anchors matter. The pattern starts with ^ and ends with $ — it expects the entire input to match. To find this pattern inside a longer text, remove the anchors and use the /g flag for multiple matches.
Case sensitivity. Letter ranges like [A-Z] only match uppercase. Use the i flag or [A-Za-z] for case-insensitive matching.
Escape user input. If you're building a regex from a string variable, escape regex metacharacters first to avoid bugs or injection — use RegExp.escape-equivalents in your language.
Performance. For this specific pattern the risk is low, but be cautious of nested quantifiers when adapting it — they can cause exponential backtracking on adversarial input.