Re: Parsing postal addresses

mac@coos.dartmouth.edu (Alex Colvin)
21 Oct 1997 21:24:06 -0400

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From: mac@coos.dartmouth.edu (Alex Colvin)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 21 Oct 1997 21:24:06 -0400
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
References: 97-10-067
Keywords: parse

brians0@aol.com (Brians0) writes:


>I am looking for information on parsing postal addresses (especially
>US addresses). Specifically, I am looking for code and/or libraries to
>standardize addresses (in accordance with USPS rules). Examples in
>JavaCC, Lex/Yacc, and PCCTS or pointers to libraries that do this
>would be best, but any help would be much appreciated.


typically you parse a US street address into
house number, pre-directional, street name, street type, post directional city, state, zip zip4
with optional apartment numbers and a wide set of abbrevioations.
The classic example is 123 E E E St. = 123E East E Street.


This takes more than a regular expression parser.
It's also a frequently solved problem. See
PostalSoft Inc. (http://www.postalsoft.com)
Qualitative Marketing (http://www.qmsoft.com)
Matchware Technologies (http://www.matchware.com)


Of course, if you want to parse French Canadian addresses...
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Alex Colvin
alex.colvin@dartmouth.edu
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