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A United States postal code, for example, might be either five digits or five digits followed a hyphen (dash) and another four digits (12345-1234). If you are validating US postal codes, allow for both conditions. The following rule validates a field that can be five digits, five digits + dash + 4 digits, or blank.

Primary state prefixes. ZIP Codes are numbered with the first digit representing a certain group of U.S. states, the second and third digits together representing a region in that group (or perhaps a large city) and the fourth and fifth digits representing a group of delivery addresses within that region.

ZIP codes are numbered with the first number representing a certain group of U.S. states. The second and third numbers represent a region in that group of states or, in some cases, a large city. The fourth and fifth numbers representing a group of delivery addresses within that region.

?the five-digit ZIP number is a structured code in which the first digit identifies one of ten large areas of the Nation, and the second digit indicates a State, a geographic portion of a heavily populated State, or two or more less populated States.

Answer and Explanation: There are 100,000 possible 5-digit zip codes if digits can be repeated. For each of the 5 digits of the zip code, there are 10 possible digits we can use (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).

If it was shipped by normal postal system, there is no way to correct. But USPS is smart enough to know the address and the wrong ZIP code and they'll correct it at delivery time.

Writing the wrong ZIP Code with the right address usually causes the letter to be delivered about a day later than if the ZIPCode were correct. As long as the mailing address is correct, the letter will be delivered.

Usually what happens is a carrier or post master from the office where the package is sent will correct the zip code by looking at the address and even reach out to that particular post office to ensure the package is delivered to the correct address.