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vvferreira
Calcite | Level 5

Hello Guys,

is there currently any function that can validate the phone number, mobile? 

 

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Reeza
Super User

A quick google search shows a lot of variation in this topic. 

 

Please provide some sample input data and expected output to demonstrate your problem. As you can see from the posts above there can be many variations in the source data and we're obviously unfamiliar with your data.

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Reeza
Super User
Validate as in check that the format is correct, or validate as in check that it's an operational phone number?
vvferreira
Calcite | Level 5

Hi, @Reeza
I would just like to validate if format is correct.

Reeza
Super User

A quick google search shows a lot of variation in this topic. 

 

Please provide some sample input data and expected output to demonstrate your problem. As you can see from the posts above there can be many variations in the source data and we're obviously unfamiliar with your data.

vvferreira
Calcite | Level 5

Thanks Reeza,

I'm a new member and I'm still getting used to it here 🙂

ballardw
Super User

Be aware that just a string of digits is insufficient. You need the spaces, dashes or whatever to separate out parts like, in US, Area-code and number.

Found this out with a set of "phone numbers" that had no spaces that included foreign country codes. Treated as US numbers and was dialing Colorado instead of Brazil.

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