fnPhone ( text )

Phone Number Formatting

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Timothy Trimble
Data Design Labs
http://www.DataDesignLabs.com

Sample input:

fnPhone("14255551212x55")

Sample output:

1+(425)555-1212 x55

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

// fnPhone(text)
// depending on phone # length, will format accordingly
// Timothy Trimble, www.timothytrimble.info

Let (pnum = Substitute( text; [ " "; "" ]; [ "("; ""]; [ ")"; ""]; [ "-"; ""]; [ "."; ""]; [ "x"; ""] ) ;
Case (Length(pnum) = 7 ; Left(pnum;3) & "-" & Right(pnum;4) ;
   Length(pnum) = 10 ; "(" & Left(pnum;3) & ")" & Middle(pnum; 4;3) & "-" & Right(pnum;4) ;
   (Length(pnum) = 11 and Left(pnum;1) = "1") ; "1+(" & Middle(pnum;2;3) & ")" & Middle(pnum;5;3) & "-" & Right(pnum;4) ;
   (Length(pnum) > 11 and Left(pnum;1) = "1") ; "1+(" & Middle(pnum;2;3) & ")" & Middle(pnum;5;3) & "-" & Middle(pnum;8;4) & " x" & Right(pnum;(Length(pnum)-11)) ;
   Length(pnum) > 10; "(" & Left(pnum;3) & ")" & Middle(pnum;4;3) & "-" & Middle(pnum;7;4) & " x" & Right(pnum;(Length(pnum)-10)) ;
   pnum ) 
)

Determines the correct structure of a US phone number based on length and if the number starts with a 1.

Will support numbers with structure of :
1 888 555 1212 x943
555 1212
888 555 1212
1 888 555 1212

Anything over 11 chars, with a 1 prefix, will suffix the rest as an extension.
Or, anything over 10 chars, wo a 1 prefix, will suffix the rest as an extension.
Anything less than 7 characters will not get any formatting.

Formatting is structured as:
n+(nnn)nnn-nnnn xnnn

Comments

		Jean-Pierre Boudreau, Montreal QC Canada Nov 10, 2009
You can replace the substitute function by a Filter function. Let (pnum = Filter( text; "1234567890") ; to remove all unwanted character from the input string.

		Greg Pering, Greer, SC Jan 3, 2010
C'est genial! Merci, mon pote.

		Mark Stratford, New Zealand Oct 15, 2012
Hi I am utilizing the Starting Point Freeware. which has this script However the phone fields are formatted to suit USA as above. Is it possiable to get scripting to suit New Zealand, number formatting as follows: 64 06 3425589 64= NZ 06=town /city 3425589= local number. Your help would be really appreciated Regards Mark Stratford

		maria fritzen, auckland Feb 3, 2016
hi there, i am having exactly the same problem!! how can i get a formatting suitable for new zealand or, even better, an international one? mark, if you found a solution, could you please email me? elizabeth@3kiwis.co.nz, thanks a lot! thanks, maria

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fnPhone ( text )

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