Phone number validation/formatting

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Call this function to validate your phone number, and to format it in (###) ###-#### format. Use this code in the onBlur event of your field to call this function:

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The returned formatted phone number can be changed (i.e., to ###-###-####, (###) ###.####, or any other format desired by changing the code in the switch statements.

function stripphone(Phone) {
 var fon = "";
 if (Phone != "" ) {
  for (var i = 0; i < Phone.length; i++) {
   var Chars = "0123456789";
   if (Chars.indexOf(Phone.charAt(i)) != -1) {
    fon = fon + Phone.charAt(i);
   }
  }
 }
 return fon;
};

function validatephone(Phone) {
 var tele =  stripphone(Phone.value);
 var acode="";
 var prfx="";
 var sfx="";
 if (tele != "" ) {
  switch(tele.length) {
   case 7:
    prfx=tele.substring(0,3);
    sfx=tele.substring(3);
    return prfx + "-" + sfx;
    break;
   case 10:
    acode="(" + tele.substring(0,3) + ") ";
    prfx=tele.substring(3,6);
    sfx=tele.substring(6);
    return acode + " " + prfx + "-" + sfx;
    break;
   case 11:
    acode=tele.substring(0,1) +" (" + tele.substring(1,4) + ") ";
    prfx=tele.substring(4,7);
    sfx=tele.substring(7);
    return acode + " " + prfx + "-" + sfx;
    break;
   default:
    alert("Unable to interpret Phone Number");
    Phone.focus();
    return tele;
  }
 }
};

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