<%
'***** BEGIN FUNCTION AREA *****

' Formats a given 10 digit number into a nice looking phone number
' Example: given strNumber of 8005551212 you get (800) 555-1212
Function FormatPhoneNumber(strNumber)
Dim strInput ' String to hold our entered number
Dim strTemp ' Temporary string to hold our working text
Dim strCurrentChar ' Var for storing each character for eval.
Dim I ' Looping var

' Uppercase all characters for consistency
strInput = UCase(strNumber)

' To be able to handle some pretty bad formatting we strip out
' all characters except for chars A to Z and digits 0 to 9
' before proceeding. I left in the chars for stupid slogan
' numbers like 1-800-GET-CASH etc...
For I = 1 To Len(strInput)
strCurrentChar = Mid(strInput, I, 1)
' Numbers (0 to 9)
If Asc("0") <= Asc(strCurrentChar) And Asc(strCurrentChar) <= Asc("9") Then
strTemp = strTemp & strCurrentChar
End If
' Upper Case Chars (A to Z)
If Asc("A") <= Asc(strCurrentChar) And Asc(strCurrentChar) <= Asc("Z") Then
strTemp = strTemp & strCurrentChar
End If
Next 'I

' Swap strTemp back to strInput for next set of validation
' I also clear strTemp just for good measure!
strInput = strTemp
strTemp = ""

' Remove leading 1 if applicable
If Len(strInput) = 11 And Left(strInput, 1) = "1" Then
strInput = Right(strInput, 10)
End If

' Error catch to make sure strInput is proper length now that
' we've finished manipulating it.
If Not Len(strInput) = 10 Then
' Handle errors as you see fit. This script raises a real
' error so you can handle it like any other runtime error,
' but you could also pass an error back via the function's
' return value or just display a message... your choice!
Err.Raise 1, "FormatPhoneNumber function", _
"The phone number to be formatted must be a valid 10 digit US phone number!"

' Two alternative error techniques!
'Response.Write "<BThe phone number to be formatted must be a valid phone number!</B"
'Response.End

' Note if you use this you'll also need to check for
' this below so you don't overwrite it!
'strTemp = "<BThe phone number to be formatted must be a valid phone number!</B"
End If

' If an error occurred then the rest of this won't get processed!

' Build the output string formatted to our liking!
' (xxx) xxx-xxxx
strTemp = "(" ' "("
strTemp = strTemp & Left(strInput, 3) ' Area code
strTemp = strTemp & ") " ' ") "
strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strInput, 4, 3) ' Exchange
strTemp = strTemp & "-" ' "-"
strTemp = strTemp & Right(strInput, 4) ' 4 digit part

' Set return value
FormatPhoneNumber = strTemp
End Function

'***** END FUNCTION AREA *****
%


<%' Runtime Code
Dim strNumberToFormat ' The phone number we pass to the function


' Retrieve the requested number or set it to the default
If Request.QueryString("phone_number") < "" Then
strNumberToFormat = Request.QueryString("phone_number")
Else
strNumberToFormat = "1-800-555-1212"
End If

' We need to turn this on if we want to trap errors.
' Otherwise the script would generate an error if the input
' number wasn't correct.
On Error Resume Next
%

<TABLE BORDER="1"
<TR
<TDPhone number before formatting:</TD
<TD<%= strNumberToFormat %</TD
</TR
<TR
<TDPhone number after formatting:</TD
<TD
<%
' Call the function and output the results
Response.Write FormatPhoneNumber(strNumberToFormat)

' Check for an error and display the message if one occurred
If Err.number Then Response.Write Err.d