[Asterisk-Users] Why ${EXTEN} variable changes after Goto ?

[Umar Sear]

I am pretty sure the answer is yes. 

Umar


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:33:46 +0100, Robert Rozman <rozman at fri.uni-lj.si> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Umar Sear" <umarsear at gmail.com>
> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
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> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Why ${EXTEN} variable changes after Goto ?
> 
> > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:11:23 +0100, Robert Rozman <rozman at fri.uni-lj.si>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to implement dynamic routing of incoming calls to local
> >> extension
> >> if previous outgoing call was unanswered.
> >> But after I do Goto to s-NOANSWER, variable ${EXTEN} changes to
> >> 's-NOANSWER'. I guess this is normal, but I don't understand why ? How to
> >> workaround on this one ?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >> Rob.
> >>
> >> [outbound-capi-ISDN]
> >> exten => _0.,1,NoOp(Calling ISDN number ${EXTEN:1} on CAPI/7104370 from
> >> ${CALLERIDNUM})
> >> exten => _0.,2,Dial,CAPI/7104370:b${EXTEN:1}|10|Tt
> >> exten => _0.,3,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
> >> exten => _0.,103,NoOp(Calling ISDN number ${EXTEN:1} on CAPI/7104371)
> >> exten => _0.,104,Dial,CAPI/7104371:b${EXTEN:1}|30|Tt
> >> exten => _0.,105,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
> >> exten => _0.,205,Macro(outisbusy)
> >>
> >> exten => s-NOANSWER,1,NoOp(NOANSWER - Setting dynamic autoroute for ISDN
> >> number ${EXTEN:1} to local ext. ${CALLERIDNUM})
> >> exten => s-NOANSWER,2,DBput(DYNAMIC/${EXTEN}=${CALLERIDNUM})
> >> exten => s-NOANSWER,3,Congestion
> >>
> >> exten => _s-.,1,Congestion
> >> exten => _s-.,2,Macro(hangupcall)
> >>
> >
> > Save the original extension to a variable like ...
> >
> > exten => _0.,1,SetVar(myvar=${EXTEN})
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for info. But another question arises - will this variable be unique
> if for instance two or more calls happen in the same time ? I guess this is
> more general Asterisk behaviour question...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rob.
> 
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