[Asterisk-Users] Dial plan question - exclamtion mark

[Andy Kuo]

Try using . instead of !
_001800NXXXXXX
_X.

_X. is more like a match "the rest" instead of match "all"

Hope this helps.
Andy


On 3/22/06, Mike Hammett <asterisk-users at ics-il.net> wrote:
>
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+Dialplan+Patterns
>
> says:
> ========
>    !          wildcard, matches zero or more characters immediately
>               (only Asterisk 1.2 and later, see note)
>
>
>
> Note: The exclamation mark wildcard, which is available only in Asterisk 1.2
> and later, behaves specially — it will match as soon as can without waiting
> for the dialing to complete, but it will not match until it is unambiguous,
> and the number being dialed cannot match any other extension in the context.
> It was designed for use as follows, so that as soon as the digits dialed
> don't match '001800...' the outgoing telephone line will be picked up and
> overlap dialing will be used (with full audio feedback from 'earlyb3' etc.)
>
>   Context "outgoing":
>     Extension         Description
>     _001800NXXXXXX    Free US calls made by VoIP
>     _X!               Outgoing calls via normal telco, with overlap dial.
> =========
> So then can I have _!800NXXXXXX to match someone dialing 18005551212 and
> 8005551212?  If not, what could I do in this situation?
>
>
>
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