Merge pull request #4 from jonsgreene/master

changed gsub to allow asterisks so that washington can be validated

lib/dl_validator.rb

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ def self.invalid?(dl_number, dl_state)
     # Stop and return true if either dl_number or dl_state are nil
     return true if dl_number.nil? or dl_state.nil?
 
-    # Downcase and remove non-word characters
-    dl_number = dl_number.to_s.upcase.gsub(/(\W|_)*/, '')
+    # Downcase and remove non-word characters that are not asterisks
+    dl_number = dl_number.to_s.upcase.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\*]*/, '')
     dl_state  = dl_state.to_s.upcase.gsub(/(\W|\d|_)*/, '')
 
     # Stop here and return true if the state does not exist

test/test_dl_validator.rb

@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ class DlValidatorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert !DlValidator.invalid?(license, 'FL')
       end
 
+      should 'handle the state of Washington with an (*) in the License and should be valid' do
+        license = 'DEOLID*237NS'
+        assert DlValidator.valid?(license, 'WA')
+      end
+
+      should 'handle the state of Washington with an (*) in the License and should be invalid' do
+        license = 'DEOLID*23dsdf7NS'
+        assert !DlValidator.valid?(license, 'WA')
+      end
+
       should 'return true for a nil drivers_license_number' do
         assert DlValidator.invalid?(drivers_license_number=nil, 'FL')
       end