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	Input	Output Token	Output
	(0.212) 275 12 95 (5 hat)	Country Code
		Area Code	212
		Base Number	275 12 95
		Extension
		Line Type
		Additional Info	(5 hat)
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.