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DialByWord ( phoneNumberString )

Formats a numeric string to match a template supplied as a parameter (i.e. Phone, Social Security, Federal ID formats)

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/* Function Name: DialByWord Function Parameters: phoneNumberString Function Purpose: This function converts uppercase letters into numbers, while ignoring lower-case letters. It is an adjunct to the Mask CF. This... DialByWord ( "1800CALL ATT" ) ...would return this... 18002255288 Function Usage: This function is NOT recursive. This function can be used in an Auto-enter (Replace existing values) text field in combination with the Mask CF to produce consistently formatted phone numbers with little user attention to the consistency of his/her input. */ Filter ( Substitute( phoneNumberString ; [ "A" ; "2" ] ; [ "B" ; "2" ] ; [ "C" ; "2" ] ; [ "D" ; "3" ] ; [ "E" ; "3" ] ; [ "F" ; "3" ] ; [ "G" ; "4" ] ; [ "H" ; "4" ] ; [ "I" ; "4" ] ; [ "J" ; "5" ] ; [ "K" ; "5" ] ; [ "L" ; "5" ] ; [ "M" ; "6" ] ; [ "N" ; "6" ] ; [ "O" ; "6" ] ; [ "P" ; "7" ] ; [ "Q" ; "7" ] ; [ "R" ; "7" ] ; [ "S" ; "7" ] ; [ "T" ; "8" ] ; [ "U" ; "8" ] ; [ "V" ; "8" ] ; [ "W" ; "9" ] ; [ "X" ; "9" ] ; [ "Y" ; "9" ] ; [ "Z" ; "9" ] ); "0123456789" ) Click to copy

This function converts uppercase letters into numbers, while ignoring lower-case letters. It is an adjunct to the Mask CF. This...
DialByWord ( "1800CALL ATT" )
...would return this...
18002255288

Function Usage:
This function is NOT recursive.
This function can be used in an Auto-enter (Replace existing values) text field in combination with the Mask CF to produce consistently formatted phone numbers with little user attention to the consistency of his/her input.

 

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