How to format a phone numer

[Widar370]

I want to make the phone number in the person card easier to read, ie "12 34 56 78".
I asked ChatGPT and the reault was:
javascript:
methods: {
formatPhoneNumber(phoneNumber) {
return phoneNumber.replace(/(\d{2})(?=\d)/g, '$1 ');
}
}
and then i html:

{{ formatPhoneNumber(slot item @root.slots.MobilePhone) }}

But this did not work. Any suggestions?

[wobba]

You cannot run random script in a handlebar template. You have to play with the available handlebar helper methods in e.g. https://github.com/helpers/handlebars-helpers?tab=readme-ov-file#categories and https://microsoft-search.github.io/pnp-modern-search/extensibility/templating/#handlebars-helpers

[wobba]

For your information: The main rule for formatting phone numbers in Norway changed in 2019. All numbers except those starting with 8, should be formatted 99 99 99 99. Numbers starting with 8 are formatted 899 99 999. Some other exceptions are numbers starting with 116 and numbers with three, four and five digits that are written without space.

Call me old :) I'm still a XXX XX XXX kind of guy 😅 and waiting for this to be written in some standard. Writing without spaces makes the easiest for copy/past at least.

Regardless, code has to be written to support formatting based on locale.

[Widar370]

It is written here: nummerforskriften § 16. Fra 22. mai 2019.
It is strange that a data program in 2024 is not able to show a phone number in a user frindly way and vise versa is not able to read user input with spaces. Likewise, using low-code, it should be easy to satisfy a user friendly result.

[kasperbolarsen]

But that IS possible. Enter the phone number in the AD in the format you prefer, and the display requirement is solved 😉

As far as search being able to rewrite the query text to match some specific patterns, then it is up to you handle that

[Widar370]

I know, everything is possible using some effort!
Since there exists some low-code:
{{phoneNumber}}
in handlebar-helpers, it would be nice to use it, but unfortenately this is only for US! That is, not user/programmer friendly!

[wobba]

It is written here: nummerforskriften § 16. Fra 22. mai 2019. It is strange that a data program in 2024 is not able to show a phone number in a user frindly way and vise versa is not able to read user input with spaces. Likewise, using low-code, it should be easy to satisfy a user friendly result.

In order to format a number, all formatting rules for all countries has to be centralized. If you have a link to a .js lib doing this we can add a helper for it for sure. It has nothing to do with the year 2024 or not - someone has to do the consolidation work as there is no central agency distributing locale's for everything to all browsers/programs :)

[kasperbolarsen]

Phone numbers are a pain in the neck. The best solution I have seen is to have multiple phone number fields in the User Profiles. One for display format (+47 12 34 56 78) and another for search (12345678) and sometimes a 3rd for phone number extension search ( 5678 )
It is not pretty but it works