[asterisk-users] Pattern Extension not working in Dialplan

[Anurag Rana]

Thanks for the suggestion.

@Stiles - Look like this may work. Will try this. Thanks.

Anurag Rana
http://newbie42.blogspot.in/




On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:42 PM, A J Stiles <asterisk_list at earthshod.co.uk>
wrote:

> On Sunday 07 Sep 2014, Anurag Rana wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I created a dummy dialplan  where I ask the user to enter the age.
> >
> > [macro-age]
> > exten => s,1,Background(my/age)      ;;Play recorded message to enter age
> > exten => s,n,WaitExten(10)
> > exten => _XX,1,Set(AGE=${EXTEN})    ;; this line is not executing,
> instead
> > dialplan is terminating with error given below.
> > exten => s,n,NoOp(${AGE})
> > exten => s,n,GotoIf($[${LEN(${AGE})} > 0]?notEmpty)
> > exten => s,n,Goto(s,1)
> > exten => s(notEmpty),n,Background(my/thank-you)
> > exten => s,n,Wait(1)
> >
> >
> > When I receive call and tries to enter the digits (86 lets say), it only
> > accept just first digit and terminates even before considering second
> > digit. Error message :
> >  WARNING[5726][C-0000000a]: pbx.c:6696 __ast_pbx_run: Invalid extension
> > '8', but no rule 'i' or 'e' in context 'testmacro'
> >
> > Please suggest what might be wrong.
> >
> >
> > Anurag Rana
> > http://newbie42.blogspot.in/
>
> You would be better off jumping to a new context and building up your
> number,
> digit-by-digit as it is entered, in a channel variable.
>
> In your "s" extension, set your variable to an empty string; do a
> Background()
> and then WaitExten() for a digit to be entered.  Have an extension _X to
> capture each digit and append it to the number so far.  Then use a
> GotoIf() to
> jump to the WaitExten() statement if insufficient digits have been entered
> so
> far.  You might also want a * extension to clear the number entered so
> far, if
> the user makes a mistake.
>
>
> If you need a written example, I might be able to dig something out later.
>
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