Phone (Global)

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Phone (Global)
Description	The Phone (Global) parse definition parses phone numbers into a globally recognized set of tokens.
Output Tokens	Country Code Area Code Base Number Extension Line Type Additional Info
Example 1	Input	Output Token	Output
	+20-2-2464-8436 x1234 مكتب	Country Code	+20
		Area Code	2
		Base Number	2464-8436
		Extension	1234
		Line Type	مكتب
		Additional Info
Example 2	Input	Output Token	Output
	02-2464-8436 في المساء	Country Code
		Area Code	02
		Base Number	2464-8436
		Extension
		Line Type
		Additional Info	في المساء
Example 3	Input	Output Token	Output
	2337290-طنطا	Country Code
		Area Code	طنطا
		Base Number	2337290
		Extension
		Line Type
		Additional Info
Example 4	Input	Output Token	Output
	Home: (062) 787 9214	Country Code
		Area Code	062
		Base Number	787 9214
		Extension
		Line Type	Home:
		Additional Info
Example 5	Input	Output Token	Output
	+212-520-123456	Country Code	+212
		Area Code
		Base Number	520-123456
		Extension
		Line Type
		Additional Info
Remarks	Note: To obtain optimal results, before performing data cleansing on phone numbers, the area code or governorate (which are often stored in databases separately from the base number) should first be concatenated with the base number.
Remarks	Parse definitions named with the Global keyword use a set of output tokens that is consistent across every locale. Results obtained from these definitions can be stored in the same database fields as the results obtained from definitions of the same name in other locales.