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I have a phone number that i need to convert to a valid format to be send to a webservice validator. The phone number should be 10 char long and should contains only digits.

For instance, I should convert 

 +567 231 34 34 to 5672313434
 (567)231-34-34 to 5672313434

before sending

I have the solution which does the replacement in apex :

   String t = '+571 567 65 77';
   String r = t.replaceAll('\\(','');
   r = r.replaceAll('\\)','');
   r = r.replaceAll('-','');
   r = r.replaceAll('\\+','');
   r = r.replaceAll('\\s','');
   system.debug('## final result is :' + r);

Can I obtain the result in a single line?

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+567 231 34 34 is not the same phone number as 5672313434. The first is a 8 digit number in chile (I have no idea if it's a valid 8 digit number), the second is a 10 digit number in whatever country you are currently in. In most of Europe +567 231 34 34 using only digits would be 005672313434, in the US it would be 0115672313434. – Taemyr Feb 26 at 8:58
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Try this:

String r = t.replaceAll('[^0-9]','');

Explanation:

Instead of hunting for invalid characters and removing them explicitly you can specify remove all characters other than numbers.

  • ^ for not a given char
  • [0-9] for numbers ranging from 0 to 9
  • '' replace it with empty char (removes it from our string)
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You can use ReplaceAll method

try Like this

String t = '(567)231-34-34';
String r = t.replaceAll('[^\\d]','');
system.debug('## final result is :' + r);

String t1 = '+567 231 34 34';
String r1 = t1.replaceAll('[^\\d]','');
system.debug('## final result is :' + r1);

Reference:

  • ^ - Negates character class.
  • \d - any digit character same as [0-9]

Debug logs

13:27:40:044 USER_DEBUG [3]|DEBUG|## final result is :5672313434
13:27:40:044 USER_DEBUG [7]|DEBUG|## final result is :5672313434

Another option

String t = '(567)231-34-34';
String r = t.replaceAll('[-+()s]','');
system.debug('## final result is :' + r);

String t1 = '+567 231 34 34';
String r1 = t1.replaceAll('[-+()s]','');
system.debug('## final result is :' + r1);

Reference:

  • [ ] Demarcates a character class. To interpret literally, use a backslash.
  • [abc] is a character class that means "any character from a,b or c" (a characer class may use ranges, eg [a-d] = [abcd])

Debug logs

13:26:13:004 USER_DEBUG [3]|DEBUG|## final result is :5672313434
13:26:13:004 USER_DEBUG [7]|DEBUG|## final result is :567 231 34 34

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