the street line would get broken down(box, street_name, direction, type, unit_number, unit_type)
Be careful here. In Seattle (and I think DC and a few other areas), the street of "123rd Street NE" is perpendicular to "NE 123rd Street". That is, the "NE" modifier moves after or before the street name to show whether it's a north-south street or an east-west street. Yes, you can live at the intersection of those two streets!

And, my former business address was 0333 SW Flower St, to distinguish it from 333 SW Flower St. The "0" in front essentially means "negative", so the "03" block is east of the "02" block, then "01" block then "1" block, "2" block, and the "3" block where the other address was, about six blocks west. So you can't just rip leading 0's either.

So, be careful not to oversimplify.

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In reply to •Re: Re: Merge/Purge address data by merlyn
in thread Merge/Purge address data by cleverett

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