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| -rw-r--r-- | funcs/func_strings.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/funcs/func_strings.c b/funcs/func_strings.c index cb8a98bea..e84629c38 100644 --- a/funcs/func_strings.c +++ b/funcs/func_strings.c @@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ AST_THREADSTORAGE(result_buf); <parameter name="delim" required="true" /> </syntax> <description> - <para>Example: ${FIELDQTY(ex-amp-le,-)} returns 3</para> + <para>The delimiter may be specified as a special or extended ASCII character, by encoding it. The characters + <literal>\n</literal>, <literal>\r</literal>, and <literal>\t</literal> are all recognized as the newline, + carriage return, and tab characters, respectively. Also, octal and hexadecimal specifications are recognized + by the patterns <literal>\0nnn</literal> and <literal>\xHH</literal>, respectively. For example, if you wanted + to encode a comma as the delimiter, you could use either <literal>\054</literal> or <literal>\x2C</literal>.</para> + <para>Example: If ${example} contains <literal>ex-amp-le</literal>, then ${FIELDQTY(example,-)} returns 3.</para> </description> </function> <function name="LISTFILTER" language="en_US"> |