formatphone(
formatphone(
STRING
)

The formatphone( function formats a US phone number using the standard (aaa) nnn-nnnn format.

Parameters

This function has one parameter:

string – The phone number to be formatted.

Description

This function formats a US phone number using the standard (aaa) nnn-nnnn format.

    formatphone("310-555-1212") ☞ (310) 555-1212
    formatphone("8003481245") ☞ (800) 348-1245

Note: This function is equivalent to:

    ?(length(striptonum(string))=10,"("+striptonum(string)[1,3]+") "+striptonum(string)[4,6]+"-"+striptonum(string)[7,10],?(length(striptonum(string))=7,striptonum(string)[1,3]+"-"+striptonum(string)[4,7],string))

See Also

- dialdigits -- dials one or more digits.
- dialphone -- dials one or more digits, adjusting for area codes, country codes, etc..

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | No Change | Carried over from Panorama 6.0.