[asterisk-users] SET with pipe symbol

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Tuesday 29 January 2008 08:32:44 Arjan Kroon | Mobillion wrote:
> I want to place a pipe symbol in a variable by using the command Set
> I tried the following code:
>             Set(M_CHANNELVAR=${UNIQUEID}|${CALLERID(number))
>
> When I call to my applicatie I see the following output in my CLI :
>         Ignoring entry '612345678' with no = (and not last 'options'
> entry)
> (in my test call ${CALLERID(number) = 061234578)
>
> I tried to escape the pipe symbol by using \ (backslash)
> With the same result
> Also I tried to place the variable between single or double quotes, but
> with the same result.
>
> Does anybody now how place a pipe symbol in variable.

You can't, in 1.4.  This is by design.  We have removed this restriction in
1.6.  As a workaround, in 1.4, use the NoOp instruction with the SET dialplan
function, i.e.
NoOp(${SET(M_CHANNELVAR=${UNIQUEID}|${CALLERID(number))})

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Tilghman