Hugh L. Johnson wrote: > Does ^ work as a NOT in an expression for extensions? > Are the following equivalent? > > exten => _58[^389],1,dial(${${EXTEN}},${RINGLONG},tr) > > exten => _58[0124567],1,dial(${${EXTEN}},${RINGLONG},tr) Not sure which RegEx book you read but ^ (caret) stands for "line beginning" not "don't match". -Matthew