Validate a Medical Code | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a function to validate a medical code against a given set of criteria.

Implement validate_medical_code(code, criteria), where code is a string and criteria contains pattern, min_length, max_length, and allowed_prefixes. Return True only when the code matches the regular expression, satisfies the length bounds, and starts with an allowed prefix; otherwise return False.

The pattern must match the entire code, and an empty allowed_prefixes list means no prefix is accepted.

Constraints

1 <= len(code) <= 10^4
0 <= len(criteria["allowed_prefixes"]) <= 100
Each prefix contains at least one character
0 <= criteria["min_length"] <= criteria["max_length"] <= 10^4
The regular-expression pattern is valid and intended to match a complete code

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def validate_medical_code(code, criteria):

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Problem

Write a function to validate a medical code against a given set of criteria.

The pattern must match the entire code, and an empty allowed_prefixes list means no prefix is accepted.

Constraints

1 <= len(code) <= 10^4
0 <= len(criteria["allowed_prefixes"]) <= 100
Each prefix contains at least one character
0 <= criteria["min_length"] <= criteria["max_length"] <= 10^4
The regular-expression pattern is valid and intended to match a complete code

Function Signature

def validate_medical_code(code, criteria):

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