[asterisk-users] pattern containing an asterisk

[C. Chad Wallace]

At 8:04 PM on 12 May 2010, Robert Wagner wrote:

> i need to match a number with like 03012345678*0 or 03012345*9
> I tried _X.*X and _X!*X but both are maching 03012345678 too, ignoring
> that *X is required at the end.
> The interesting part is that like expected _X*X is matching only
> numbers like 1*1 and not 11

The . in a pattern is meant only to be used at the end, to match any
remaining characters.  The *X after the dot in your pattern is just
being ignored.  Have you checked for warnings in your log?  I'm not
sure if Asterisk issues a warning on that, but I think it should.

One thing you could do is make one pattern for each possible length.
e.g.: _XXXXXXXXXXX*X and _XXXXXXXX*X

If you need it to be variable length, I think you would need to use the
Read application instead of standard dialplan matching.


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C. Chad Wallace, B.Sc.
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