searching for letters and numbers
use "[0-9]" or "\d" to search for a number
use "[A-Z]" or "\w" to search for letters
note that "\w" also includes numbers

Canadian postal codes are letter-number-letter number-letter-number
pattern to validate a Canadian postal code
Pattern --> /[A-Z][0-9][A-Z] [0-9][A-Z][0-9]/i
M5K 1A1 MATCH
AB11 6EW DOES NOT MATCH
14609-1234 DOES NOT MATCH
H2Y 1Z7 MATCH
10001 DOES NOT MATCH


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