Format a telephone numberq

quick and dirty

by Steven Senkus

HTML

<div id="original"></div>
<div id="formatted"></div>

JavaScript

var telNumber = '(800) 123-1234';
function formatted(num) {
    return num.replace(/[()]/g, '').replace(' ', '-')
}

$('#original').text(telNumber)
$('#formatted').text(formatted(telNumber));