[asterisk-users] Dialplan "or" matching

[Rushowr]

IIRC, You can use REGEXes in your extension matching....Don't have a handy
link, but if I find it, I'll forward 

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>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
>William Moore
>Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:04 PM
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>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dialplan "or" matching
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>On 8/18/06, David Cook <dbc_asterisk at advan.ca> wrote:
>> Maybe I'm daft, but can asterisk to 'or' logic in dialplan matches 
>> sort of like the SPA's can?
>>
>> Tollfree numbers for example. I can have a line for each combination:
>> exten => _1800NXXXXXX, Dial, ............
>> exten => _1866NXXXXXX, Dial, ............
>> exten => _1877NXXXXXX, Dial, ............
>> exten => _1888NXXXXXX, Dial, ............
>>
>> But I want to do is something like this:
>> exten => _18[0678][0678]NXXXXXX, Dial, .............
>
>This syntax is valid and would work for what you're doing, but 
>as you said, there is a chance of logic error in it.
>>
>> Or to prevent the logic error which albeit small, the above 
>would create:
>> exten => _18[00,66,77,88:2]NXXXXXX, Dial, ......
>> (representing that the next 2 chars must equal any of '00'.'66','77' 
>> or '88'
>
>As for this syntax, Asterisk does not respect the [], so it parses the
>66 as the priority.  I have no idea how to properly do this in 
>one line if it is possible.
>
>
>Kinsey
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