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  • September 27, 2005 at 12:00 am #48054
    Mark Rilling
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      Hello,

      I am trying to look at multipule values with an IF statement…For example I have 100 OBX segments and I only want to copy ones with certain values.  I have it working for just 1 value.  can I add more to a single IF statement:

      0(0).OBX(%s1).00571.[%s1] eq =xxx

      Is it possible to have it look for xxx AND yyy or do I need seperate IF statements?

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      • September 27, 2005 at 12:40 pm #57471
        James Cobane
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          Mark,

          You can check for multiple values within the same IF; you just need to repeat the condition (separated by logical OR – the pipe symbols || ) with the new comparison value:

          (0(0).OBX(%s1).00571.[%s1] eq =xxx) || (0(0).OBX(%s1).00571.[%s1] eq =yyy)

          I’d also recommend parenthesizing the conditions.

          Hope this helps.

          Jim Cobane

          Henry Ford Health

        • September 27, 2005 at 1:43 pm #57472
          Mark Rilling
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            I’ll give it a try

            Thank you!

          • September 28, 2005 at 7:25 pm #57473
            Mark Rilling
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              THX again for the help.  The ( ) seemed to be required, as it did not work w/o them.    Any suggestions on the best way to block unpopulated OBX segments (no value in field 5) and re-number the remaining OBX so they are sequencial?

            • September 28, 2005 at 7:41 pm #57474
              James Cobane
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                Mark,

                You can use a different iteration variable on the ouput field (i.e. %s2) and increment that only when you actually perform a copy based on OBX:5 being valued.  So, your COPY statement will look something like:

                COPY (0(0).OBX(%s1).00571.[0] –> (0(0).OBX(%s2).00571.[0]

                (not sure of the actual field numbers, but same concept)

                And you’ll perform a MATH operation after your copy statement, with the following input values:

                $%s2

                =1

                and the output value will be:  $%s2

                You can reference/manipulate the actual value of the iteration variable by preceding it with the $ sign.  So, you’re using a new iteration variable (%s2) on the output side which is only being incremented when the condition (OBX:5 != @null) is true.  Hope this makes sense.

                Jim Cobane

                Henry Ford Health

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