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
	02 766 07 00 (Phone)	Country Code
		Area Code	02
		Base Number	766 07 00
		Extension
		Line Type	(Phone)
		Additional Info
Example 2	Input	Output Token	Output
	GSM: 0032 477 947 193	Country Code	0032
		Area Code
		Base Number	477 947 193
		Extension
		Line Type	GSM
		Additional Info
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.