Invalid postcode format

Please could you assist I have encountered this Invalid postcode format. How do i get this sorted i am using 2.X version

Admin -> Countries -> Edit Country -> Postcode Format

Leave field empty for no validating of postcode.

Customer Details: Invalid postcode format. this is what i am  having I tried all options but its not working

Thanks Its now working fine

Are the postcode formats that comes with the platform no good? 

Please provide an example if there is something to fix/improve?

Tim I am trying to work out how best to get this fixed

That's okay. Let me know if any postcode format needs fixing. All you need to provide is a valid postcode and country that was denied by LiteCart. I will find the solution for you.

L5 8SF was declined by the system and a couple more where denied by the system

Accoarding to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/164979/uk-postcode-regex-comprehensive there is a regex code supplied by the UK Government:

(GIR 0AA)|((([A-Z-[QVX]][0-9][0-9]?)|(([A-Z-[QVX]][A-Z-[IJZ]][0-9][0-9]?)|(([A-Z-[QVX]][0-9][A-HJKPSTUW])|([A-Z-[QVX]][A-Z-[IJZ]][0-9][ABEHMNPRVWXY])))) [0-9][A-Z-[CIKMOV]]{2})

"L5 8SF" does not validate

This is the code LiteCart uses:

GIR[ ]?0AA|((AB|AL|B|BA|BB|BD|BH|BL|BN|BR|BS|BT|CA|CB|CF|CH|CM|CO|CR|CT|CV|CW|DA|DD|DE|DG|DH|DL|DN|DT|DY|E|EC|EH|EN|EX|FK|FY|G|GL|GY|GU|HA|HD|HG|HP|HR|HS|HU|HX|IG|IM|IP|IV|JE|KA|KT|KW|KY|L|LA|LD|LE|LL|LN|LS|LU|M|ME|MK|ML|N|NE|NG|NN|NP|NR|NW|OL|OX|PA|PE|PH|PL|PO|PR|RG|RH|RM|S|SA|SE|SG|SK|SL|SM|SN|SO|SP|SR|SS|ST|SW|SY|TA|TD|TF|TN|TQ|TR|TS|TW|UB|W|WA|WC|WD|WF|WN|WR|WS|WV|YO|ZE)([0-9][[0-9]A-Z]?[ ]?[0-9][ABD-HJLN-UW-Z]{2}))|BFPO[ ]?[0-9]{1,4}

"L5 8SF" does not validate

It did not even validate with this supplied by appspotr, or my regex parser is broken:

GIR ?0AA|(?:(?:AB|AL|B|BA|BB|BD|BH|BL|BN|BR|BS|BT|BX|CA|CB|CF|CH|CM|CO|CR|CT|CV|CW|DA|DD|DE|DG|DH|DL|DN|DT|DY|E|EC|EH|EN|EX|FK|FY|G|GL|GY|GU|HA|HD|HG|HP|HR|HS|HU|HX|IG|IM|IP|IV|JE|KA|KT|KW|KY|L|LA|LD|LE|LL|LN|LS|LU|M|ME|MK|ML|N|NE|NG|NN|NP|NR|NW|OL|OX|PA|PE|PH|PL|PO|PR|RG|RH|RM|S|SA|SE|SG|SK|SL|SM|SN|SO|SP|SR|SS|ST|SW|SY|TA|TD|TF|TN|TQ|TR|TS|TW|UB|W|WA|WC|WD|WF|WN|WR|WS|WV|YO|ZE)(?:\\d[\\dA-Z]? ?\\d[ABD-HJLN-UW-Z]{2}))|BFPO ?\\d{1,4}

Until a better code shows up you can use **.*** to allow any set of characters.

it seems the UK regex is flawed, LA1 5PE does not validate with or without the space.

How about something universal like

[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Z]? ?[0-9][A-Z]{2}

Otherwise just go with anything provided

.*

That one works on both of the postcodes posted here L5 8SF and LA1 5PE with and without space. Thank you.