[asterisk-users] Matching *, + and # in the dialplan

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

exten => +13129842314,1,Noop(Happy match!)

or

exten => _+1NXXNXXXXXX,1,Noop(Happier match!)



Karl Fife wrote:
> "Steve Murphy" <murf at digium.com> wrote:
>> People have voiced this before; but the cut-down version of RE's that
>> the matching algorithms allow are fairly fast, both in the new and
>> the old pattern matching algorithms.
>>
> 
> Steve
> 
> Your explanation is clear and it seems like a good design choice to
> exclude support for regular expressions, but what seems odd (maybe a bug
> in fact) is the specific exclusion of characters +, # and *. 
> 
> It sounds like you're saying:
> exten => [0-9*#+].,... is invalid, therefore not a bug, and that only
> numeric parameters such as:
> exten => [0-6].,... would be valid. 
> 
> If this is correct could you please explain the proper way to match any
> extension beginning with +
> such as 
>  '+13129842314'
>  without also matching:
-- 
Consulting and design services for LAN, WAN, voice and data.  Based near 
Birmingham, AL.  Now accepting clients worldwide. Contact me for Tellabs 
echo canceling systems.  Also see http://www.fnords.org/skillslist.html