A |
AE Services receives 1234, a 4-digit number. Because the number is within the minimum and maximum length requirements, and the wild card (*) permits a match of any 1- to 4-digit number, AE Services deletes no digits and prepends 4969710 to the number. The resulting number is 49697101234. |
B |
AE Services receives 0017328524321, a 13-digit number. Because the number is not within the range specified by the 1- to 4-digit rule (A) it satisfies this rule (B), which permits a number of any length where first two digits (00) are a pattern match. AE Services deletes the first 2 digits, prepends nothing to the number. The resulting number is 17328524321. |
C |
AE Services receives 0306441234, a 10-digit number. Because the number is not within the range specified by the 1- to 4-digit rule (A) it satisfies this rule (C), which permits a number of any length where first digit (0) is a pattern match. AE Services deletes the first digit, prepends 49 to the number. The resulting number is 49306441234. |
D |
AE Services receives 45427, a 5-digit number. Because the number is not within the range specified by the 1- to 4-digit rule (A) it satisfies this "catch-all" rule that permits a number of any length and any pattern of digits. AE Services deletes no digits, prepends 4969 to the number. The resulting number is 496945427. |