Regex for country code

Question

I'm trying to write a regex for country code, which should limit to four characters maximum, only symbol allowed is a + sign. When the + is used, the + has to be in the beginning, and it should have at least one number.

Valid cases

+1
1
+12
12
+123
1234

Invalid cases

+
+1234
12345
1+
12+
<empty>
etc.

The expression that I have right now.

/(\+\d{1,3})/

Can it be more elegant?

-Thank you in advance!!

Answer 1

This should work. I used

/^(\+?\d{1,3}|\d{1,4})$/

See results

Edit:

The //gm flags are global and multiline, respectively. You need those if you have a string that can have multiple places to match a country code, or there are multiple lines in your string. If your string is going to be more than just a possible country code, you'd need to get rid of the ^ and $ at the beginning and end of the regex. To use the regex, you'd want something like this:

var regex = /^(\+?\d{1,3}|\d{1,4})$/gm
var str = "+123"
var match = str.match(regex);
//match is an array, with one result in this case. So match[0] == "+123"

Answer 2

You need to make a case differentiation. Either with or without leading plus sign:

(\+\d{1-3})|(\d{1,4})

Whether you want to anchor the expression to line limits (^ and $) or check for leading or trailing white spaces or the like obviously depends on your situation.