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

As per Income Tax Act, the guidelines for PAN Card are as follows:

Format For Pan Card : Eg. ABCDE0123F

Income Tax PAN card is issued under Section 139A of the Income Tax Act. The PAN structure is as follows: AAAPL1234C: The five (5) first characters are letters, followed by four (4) numerals, and the last (10th) character is a letter. The fourth (4th) character informs about the holder of the card.

For more Information regarding Pan card : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_account_number

For Code Validation : "[A-Z]{5}[0-9]{4}[A-Z]{1}"

For Java :

public static boolean isPanCardValid(String pan_number) {

  Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("[A-Z]{5}[0-9]{4}[A-Z]{1}");

  Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(pan_number);
  // Check if pattern matches
  if (matcher.matches()) {
    return true;
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}

where isPanCardValid() is static method, which accepts string as parameter(String pan_number) input from User and matches with PanCard Pattern and returns the value as true or false.