---
name: "Number::Phone::Formatter::Raw"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnumber-phone-perl"
version: "4.0006-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Number::Phone::Formatter::Raw"
---

# Number::Phone::Formatter::Raw(3pm)

simple formatter for E.123-formatted phone numbers

## NAME

Number::Phone::Formatter::Raw - simple formatter for E.123-formatted phone numbers

## DESCRIPTION

A simple formatter to extract "just the digits, ma'am" from an E.123-formatted phone number.

## METHOD

### format

This is the only method. It takes an E.123 international format string as its only argument, strips off the leading + and country code, and any whitespace, and returns what's left. For example ...

```
  +44 20 8771 2924 -> 2087712924
  +1 212 334 0611  -> 2123340611
```

## AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT and LICENCE

Copyright 2025 David Cantrell \<*david@cantrell.org.uk*\>

This software is free-as-in-speech software, and may be used, distributed, and modified under the terms of either the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or the Artistic Licence.  It's up to you which one you use.  The full text of the licences can be found in the files GPL2.txt and ARTISTIC.txt, respectively.