asterisk users - Dec 2014 - Passing literals with commas to subroutine

Hi,

Let's say I do:

Set(data=xxx,yyy)
Gosub(my-sub,s,1(${data}))

My subroutine will only receive "xxx" for ARG1. How can I pass a
literal
with a comma to a single argument in a subroutine?

(The point is: when calling the subroutine I do not know if the variable
has a comma or not.)

Thanks,
Daniel
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You can escape characters with a backslash, I've not tried it in this case
but it may help you.

Another idea is you could encode your data with the BASE64_ENCODE or
URIENCODE * functions and decode it in your subroutine.

https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Function_BASE64_ENCODE

https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Function_URIENCODE

* I'm not certain if URIENCODE will escape the comma, it sounds like it
should reading the RFC.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Daniel Gonzalez <gonvaled at gonvaled.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Let's say I do:
>
> Set(data=xxx,yyy)
> Gosub(my-sub,s,1(${data}))
>
> My subroutine will only receive "xxx" for ARG1. How can I pass a
literal
> with a comma to a single argument in a subroutine?
>
> (The point is: when calling the subroutine I do not know if the variable
> has a comma or not.)
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
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On Tuesday 09 Dec 2014, Daniel Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Let's say I do:
> 
> Set(data=xxx,yyy)
> Gosub(my-sub,s,1(${data}))
> 
> My subroutine will only receive "xxx" for ARG1. How can I pass a
literal
> with a comma to a single argument in a subroutine?
> 
> (The point is: when calling the subroutine I do not know if the variable
> has a comma or not.)
What happens if you use speech marks around the variable, like so:
"${data}" ?

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On Tuesday 09 Dec 2014, Daniel Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Let's say I do:
> 
> Set(data=xxx,yyy)
> Gosub(my-sub,s,1(${data}))
> 
> My subroutine will only receive "xxx" for ARG1. How can I pass a
literal
> with a comma to a single argument in a subroutine?
> 
> (The point is: when calling the subroutine I do not know if the variable
> has a comma or not.)
O.K.  I've managed to set myself up a temporary Asterisk box, so I was able
to
do some testing without risking bringing down a production server  :)  And I 
have managed to put together a solution, if you can call it that.

If you put speech marks around the argument, like so:
 Gosub(my-sub,s,1("${data}"))
then what actually comes through in ${ARG1} is
 "xxx,yyy"
(complete with the speech marks).  But at least that comma is protected.  So 
then within my-sub, you just need to evaluate ${ARG1:1:-1}, ${ARG2:1:-1} &c.
to strip off the first and last characters  (skip one, show all but one).  


It's a bit ugly -- but so is a lot of stuff written in the Dialplan.  Just 
because a language is Turing-complete, doesn't mean any code written in it
is
going to be pretty.  But you might be able to mitigate some of the ugliness 
with comments  (introduced with a semicolon in Dialplan, because the comment 
mark is a valid "digit").

-- 
AJS

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The easiest way is to escape the commas is with a \ (backslash). 

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On Tuesday 09 Dec 2014, Daniel Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Let's say I do:
> 
> Set(data=xxx,yyy)
> Gosub(my-sub,s,1(${data}))
> 
> My subroutine will only receive "xxx" for ARG1. How can I pass a
literal
> with a comma to a single argument in a subroutine?
> 
> (The point is: when calling the subroutine I do not know if the variable
> has a comma or not.)
O.K.  I've managed to set myself up a temporary Asterisk box, so I was able
to
do some testing without risking bringing down a production server  :)  And I 
have managed to put together a solution, if you can call it that.

If you put speech marks around the argument, like so:
 Gosub(my-sub,s,1("${data}"))
then what actually comes through in ${ARG1} is
 "xxx,yyy"
(complete with the speech marks).  But at least that comma is protected.  So 
then within my-sub, you just need to evaluate ${ARG1:1:-1}, ${ARG2:1:-1} &c.
to strip off the first and last characters  (skip one, show all but one).  


It's a bit ugly -- but so is a lot of stuff written in the Dialplan.  Just 
because a language is Turing-complete, doesn't mean any code written in it
is
going to be pretty.  But you might be able to mitigate some of the ugliness 
with comments  (introduced with a semicolon in Dialplan, because the comment 
mark is a valid "digit").

-- 
AJS

Note:  Originating address only accepts e-mail from list!  If replying off-
list, change address to asterisk1list at earthshod dot co dot uk .

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