Verify that a particular string conforms to a UK Post Code. Note, this does not actually check a database (i.e. validation) to see if the post code exists. It only checks that the Post Code meets the correct technical specification for a postcode. There are two reasons why validation isn't a good fit for cc-hic. First, the use of an API invariably means internet access and sending our postcodes out of the secure system (bad). Second, the use of the royal mail database for this purpose isn't free and would make inspectEHR larger than is necessary.
verify_post_code(post_code = NULL)
| post_code | character vector of post codes |
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a logical vector
verify_post_code("AL5 3HE")#> [1] TRUE