[Asterisk-Users] extensions and regular expressions ( probablyan easy question )

[Steve Totaro]

You just need separate extensions.


> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Thanks for the info, but what I'm after is the ability to match a
> digit/character 0 or 1 times at the beginning of the string.  If I'm
> reading your example right, it'll match anything starting with 866,
> which doesn't work for me.  I am trying to match:
> 
> 18661234567 and 8661234567
> 
> Sean
> 
> ps:  The pdf doesn't have a good explaination of this either, although
> it occurs to me that this might not be possible with * if I'm having
> such a hard time finding it.
> Daniel Wright wrote:
> 
> > Sean Kennedy wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm having a hard time finding information related to the regular
> >> expressions that can be used in a dialplan, specifically as an
> >> extension.  For example, I have an 800 number which I'd like to
jump
> >> directly to if my users dial it, instead of going over my pstn
> >> termination.  Currently, it looks like this:
> >>
> >> exten => 8661234567,1,Goto(800-in)
> >>
> >> However, I'd like 1866123456 to match as well.  I can't find in the
> >> wiki or sample configs how to say "match this 0 or 1 times".
> >> Can anybody provide a link that would go over this?  Again, I've
been
> >> digging through the wiki, but I seem to be missing it.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
> > You could do it like this:
> >
> > exten => _866.,1,GoTo(800-in)
> >
> > The period means match one or more characters.
> >
> > You can find reference to expressions and how they work  in this pdf
> > book http://www.nufone.net/downloads/asteriskdocs/AsteriskTFOT.zip
> >
> > Dan
> 
> 
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