Re:The number input is the worst input
by ramesh31 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:03PM
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>I'm not sure how mail carrier software works, but in general there's a lot of variations of the same address that still lead to mail getting delivered correctly (and some addresses where the mail can't be delivered at all)
USPS has a canonical list of all valid addresses. In most cases of hand written letters, it comes down to a human’s judgement call.
Canada Post also has a canonical list of all valid addresses.
I live in an apartment, let's say unit 555 at 123 Main St, and my canonical address has the form 555-123 Main St. This is not unusual in any way.
It is vanishingly rare to find a business, software, or customer service agent that is willing to enter this address correctly, even when dealing with my provincial government or my federal government. They always want to put "Apartment" or "Unit", or move the apartment number after the street, or some other transformation.
I'm not sure how mail carrier software works, but in general there's a lot of variations of the same address that still lead to mail getting delivered correctly (and some addresses where the mail can't be delivered at all)
For U.S. apartments, usually any of these work "123A Some St" "123 Some St #A" "123 Some St Apt A" "123 Some St Unit A"