How to verify PAN card?

Question

How to check the validation of edittext for pan card like \"ABCDE1234F\". I am confused how to check the the validation for this. Please help me guys. I will appreciate any kind

Answer 1

@Raghunandan is right. You can use regex. If you see wiki entry for Permanent_account_number(India) you'll get the meaning of the PAN card number formation. You can use the pattern to check for its validity. Relevant portion is as follows:

PAN structure is as follows: AAAAA9999A: First five characters are letters, next 4 numerals, last character letter.

1) The first three letters are sequence of alphabets from AAA to zzz
2) The fourth character informs about the type of holder of the Card. Each assesse is unique:`

    C — Company
    P — Person
    H — HUF(Hindu Undivided Family)
    F — Firm
    A — Association of Persons (AOP)
    T — AOP (Trust)
    B — Body of Individuals (BOI)
    L — Local Authority
    J — Artificial Judicial Person
    G — Government


3) The fifth character of the PAN is the first character
    (a) of the surname / last name of the person, in the case of 
a "Personal" PAN card, where the fourth character is "P" or
    (b) of the name of the Entity/ Trust/ Society/ Organisation
in the case of Company/ HUF/ Firm/ AOP/ BOI/ Local Authority/ Artificial Jurdical Person/ Govt,
where the fourth character is "C","H","F","A","T","B","L","J","G".

4) The last character is a alphabetic check digit.

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Hope this helps.