Phone number

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1 Summary 2 Scope 3 Details 3.1 Initial processing 3.2 Manipulation

Summary

This is additional information for development on phone number formatting in RPM. Please start with the Phone number formatting reference.

Scope

Phone number importing is applied to any phone number entered in the system in a dedicated phone number field or import.

Details

Initial processing

The following 2 things are always do to the input. This means before formatting or saving, regardless of what else we do to it.

1. Trim leading & trailing spaces. This is always done first, even before the formatting is evaluated. Example: " 123" will always be saved as "123".
2. Truncate the phone number to 99 characters if it is longer.

Manipulation

There are 3 scenarios where RPM will apply formatting to the phone number input before saving it. If the number doesn't match one of these then it is saved as entered.

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1. If the number begins with "+1" or "+ 1". then we consider it a country code no matter what follows. Insert a space after the 1 (unless there is one there already).and leave the rest intact. If the start was "+ 1" then change it to "+1"

Example input	Is saved as
+1234567890	+1 234567890
+ 1234567890	+1 234567890
+ 1 234567890	+1 234567890
+1,23,4	+1 ,23,4
+1ab,2.c	+1 ab,2.c
+11234-5567 123	+1 1234-5567 123
+1 1234-5567 123	+1 1234-5567 123
+1(555)1231234	+1 (555)1231234
+ 1 1234567	+1 1234567

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2. 7 or 10 digits with no other character or correct characters

Example input	Is saved as
1234567	123-4567
123-4567	123-4567
123 4567	123-4567
1234567890	(123) 456-7890
123-456-7890	(123) 456-7890
(123)4567890	(123) 456-7890
(123)456-7890	(123) 456-7890
(123) 4567890	(123) 456-7890
(123)-4567890	(123) 456-7890
(123) 456 7890	(123) 456-7890

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3. The above plus extension. We consider this case to be true if the first 10 numbers (plus formatting) fit the above and then are followed by any non-number character (ignore spaces). Anything after is considered the extension and is kept intact. A space is inserted between the formatted phone number and the extension (unless there is one there already). If there was more than one space in a row between the formatted number and the extension, it is reduced to one space.

Example input	Is saved as
1234567a123	123-4567 a123
123-4567 a123	123-4567 a123
123 4567 a1	123-4567 a1
123 4567 a1 b1	123-4567 a1 b1
123 4567 a1 b1	123-4567 a1 b1
1234567890x123,4abc.d	(123) 456-7890 x123,4abc.d
123-456-7890z	(123) 456-7890 z
(123)4567890(z)	(123) 456-7890 (z)
(123)456-7890 %&!	(123) 456-7890 %&!
(123) 4567890+1	(123) 456-7890 +1
(123)-4567890+1+2+3	(123) 456-7890 +1+2+3
(123) 456 7890 x123	(123) 456-7890 x123

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4. Otherwise keep. The following don’t exactly fit any of the above 3 so they are saved unmodified.

Example input	Is saved as
123	123
1234	1234
12345	12345
12345678	12345678
1-2-3-4-5-6-7	1-2-3-4-5-6-7
123-4567 123	123-4567 123
123----3457	123----3457
(1234)567	(1234)567
1-23(456)7	1-23(456)7
(403)555a1234	(403)555a1234
(123)4567	(123)4567
abcD	abcD
(555)abc1234	(555)abc1234
(403)kl5-1234	(403)kl5-1234
I am "so" cool! Are You?	I am "so" cool! Are You?
.	.
.1	.1
. - 1	. - 1

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