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

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Parameters

This function has one parameter:

string – The phone number to be formatted.

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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))

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See Also

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

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History

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