[Asterisk-Users] Is this a bug or by design? Workaround?

[Olle E. Johansson]

Stig Andersson wrote:

> So, I try 
> ---------
> SetVar(cid=${CALLERIDNUM:-5:5})
> 
> The result is a empty string if CALLERIDNUM is less than 5 digits long,
> which is NOT the case of SubString. SubString command returns what remains of the variable,
> that is - if CALLERIDNUM is 4 digits in length, it returns 4 digits. If CALLERIDNUM is 6 digits,
> it returns 5 digits.
> 
> If this approach should replace "Substring" - it should behave identically, shouldn't it?
> 
> If by design, is there a workaround?
This was fixed in cvs head this week, maybe coming up soon in cvs stable.

/Olle