LanguageValues and typesStandard typesCommerce and logistics
Vin
On this page
A vehicle identification number: 17 characters with no I, O or Q.
Use it to identify one vehicle for life. Its plate is a VehicleRegistration, which can change.
Shape
One value, held as text in one set form, with no parts: WVWZZZ1JZXW000001.
Example
Vin("1HGCM82633A004352")Vin(raw) checks the text, and text that isn't one breaks the format rule.
text.parse(raw, as: Vin) reads one from text that comes from outside. Text that isn't one at all fails malformed, such as 1M8GDM9AYKP042788, 1M8GDM9AXKP04278O or 1m8gdm9axkp042788.
Good to know
- It is upper case. Letters that look like digits aren't allowed, so
Ois refused. ==tells you whether two are the same.<andlist.sort_bydon't take it.
In JSON
A string, in a request, a response or json.write:
"1HGCM82633A004352""1M8GDM9AXKP042788""WVWZZZ1JZXW000001"
Details
Text form, storage, how it is shown, and operations
Vin is in the group Commerce and logistics, and has been in Jadpo since 0.1.0.
Text form
text.from writes one standard text form, the same form text.parse reads back: 1HGCM82633A004352, 1M8GDM9AXKP042788 and WVWZZZ1JZXW000001.
How it is stored
It is stored in one column named for the field, of type text. 1M8GDM9AXKP042788 is stored as '1M8GDM9AXKP042788'.
How it is shown to people
text.format(value, locale:) shows it to people in their locale.
With locale: Locale.en_gb:
| Value | Shown |
|---|---|
1HGCM82633A004352 |
1HGCM82633A004352 |
1M8GDM9AXKP042788 |
1M8GDM9AXKP042788 |
WVWZZZ1JZXW000001 |
WVWZZZ1JZXW000001 |
Operations
It also takes text.parse, text.from, text.format, json.read, json.write and ==. How every standard type behaves says how they work.
Markdown for agents: /docs/types/type-vin.md.Built from Jadpo main at aee2e8f.