[Asterisk-Users] extension.conf dialplan

[Jason Williams]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:42:27 -0800 (PST), Kamran Ahmad <p_kami at yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi
> 
> any one tell me how to make a dialplan
> 
> my extensions.conf
> exten => _40XXXXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(OH323/${EXTEN})
> 
> i want to dial to 40XXXXXXXXXXXX number.
> XXXXXXXXXXXX could be any number like 923335224005 or
> 92512213248
> 
> at the moment when i am trying to dial 40923335224005
> 
> asterisk is dialing
> 
> Executing Dial("OH323/R11429", "OH323/40923335224005")
> 
> but i want him to dial
> Executing Dial("OH323/R11429", "OH323/923335224005")

You need to change your dial comand to this

exten => _40XXXXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(OH323/${EXTEN:2})

the :2 deletes the first 2 digits and removes the leading 40

Jason