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Format Phone Number
You can format a given phone number into desired format using phonenumbers.format_number() function.
Pass the PhoneNumber object and format to phonenumbers.format_number() function, and it returns a string with given phone number in the specified format.
Some of the formats are
- phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL
- phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL
- phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.E164
- phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.RFC3966
Examples
1. Format phone number to NATIONAL
In the following program, we take a phone number string, parse it to PhoneNumber object, and format this PhoneNumber object to NATIONAL format.
Python Program
import phonenumbers
# Phone number in a string
phonenumber_string = "+442083661177"
# Parse string to a PhoneNumber object
x = phonenumbers.parse(phonenumber_string)
# Format PhoneNumber to NATIONAL
formatted = phonenumbers.format_number(x, phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL)
print('NATIONAL Format :', formatted)
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NATIONAL Format : 020 8366 1177
2. Format phone number to INTERNATIONAL
In the following program, we take a phone number string, parse it to PhoneNumber object, and format this PhoneNumber object to INTERNATIONAL format.
Python Program
import phonenumbers
# Phone number in a string
phonenumber_string = "+442083661177"
# Parse string to a PhoneNumber object
x = phonenumbers.parse(phonenumber_string)
# Format PhoneNumber to INTERNATIONAL
formatted = phonenumbers.format_number(x, phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL)
print('INTERNATIONAL Format :', formatted)
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INTERNATIONAL Format : +44 20 8366 1177
3. Format phone number to E164
In the following program, we take a phone number string, parse it to PhoneNumber object, and format this PhoneNumber object to E164 format.
Python Program
import phonenumbers
# Phone number in a string
phonenumber_string = "+442083661177"
# Parse string to a PhoneNumber object
x = phonenumbers.parse(phonenumber_string)
# Format PhoneNumber to E164
formatted = phonenumbers.format_number(x, phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.E164)
print('E164 Format :', formatted)
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E164 Format : +442083661177
4. Format phone number to RFC3966
In the following program, we take a phone number string, parse it to PhoneNumber object, and format this PhoneNumber object to RFC3966 format.
Python Program
import phonenumbers
# Phone number in a string
phonenumber_string = "+442083661177"
# Parse string to a PhoneNumber object
x = phonenumbers.parse(phonenumber_string)
# Format PhoneNumber to RFC3966
formatted = phonenumbers.format_number(x, phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.RFC3966)
print('RFC3966 Format :', formatted)
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RFC3966 Format : tel:+44-20-8366-1177
Summary
In this tutorial of Python Examples, we learned how to format a given phone number using format_number() function, with the help of example programs.