keeping back slash in OBX.5

Doug,

xlateInVals and xlateOutVals are LISTS.

Try something like this:

lreplace xlateOutvals 0 0 [string range [lindex $xlateInVals 0] 20 end]

The lreplace replaces the first element of the list xlateOutVals.

The lindex gets the first element of the list xlateInVals

The string range you already have.

Doug,

As Jim stated, you will have to treat xlateInVals and xlateOutVals as list.  Also, you will need to escape the backslashes to get them to populate correctly in your Xlate.  Try this below.  It worked for me.  “PDF” and “NPDF” are variables I used, feel free to use whatever suits your needs.

set pdf [string range [lindex $xlateInVals 0] 20 end]

set npdf [string map {\ \\} $pdf]

set xlateOutVals $npdf

Hope this helps…

Tom Rioux

Tom and Doug,

If you use the lreplace or some other list command to populate xlateOutVals there is no need to play with the .

Here is the solution in hcitcl:

hcitcl>lreplace xlateOutVals 0 0 [string range [lindex $xlateInVals 0] 20 end]

{E303723EverEProcedureNote.pdf}

Note there does not seem to be any issue with the slashes when using lreplace.

I don’t think there is any need for the string map if list commands are used on both the in and out.

Jim,

I copied your solution into an xlate, and couldn’t get it to work for me.  Don’t know what could be happening.

Thanks though…Tom

Tom,

Interesting…

I will try it in an Xlate and see what I can see.

As you can see I just did my testing in hcitcl.

I will let you know what I find out.

Tom,

I finally got time to set this up in an Xlate.

Here is the Tcl line I had in a COPY of 1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(0).#5(0) to 1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(0).#5(0):

set xlateOutVals [lreplace $xlateOutVals 0 0 [string range [lindex $xlateInVals 0] 20 end]

The only thing I see different here is the addition of the ‘set xlateOutVals’ but I assume you had that.

Here is the result in the Xlate Testing Tool:

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: *** START *********************************************************************************************

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: xlateInList >@xltecho_debug {=Inbound OBX-5…} 1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(0).#5(0)<

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: xlateInVals >Y {Inbound OBX-5…} {E\EendoEreportsE303723EverEProcedureNote.pdf}<

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: There are >3< elements in the Source list.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1:

---

Start

---

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: Source element >0@xltecho_debugY<.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: Source element >1LITERALInbound OBX-5…<.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: Source element >21(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(0).#5(0)E\EendoEreportsE303723EverEProcedureNote.pdf<.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1:

---

End

---

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: *** START *********************************************************************************************

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: xlateInList >@xltecho_debug {=Outbound OBX-5 After trimming…} ~1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(0).#5(0)<

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: xlateInVals >Y {Outbound OBX-5 After trimming…} {E303723EverEProcedureNote.pdf}<

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: There are >3< elements in the Source list.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1:

---

Start

---

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: Source element >0@xltecho_debugY<.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: Source element >1LITERALOutbound OBX-5 After trimming…<.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1: Source element >2~1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(0).#5(0)E303723EverEProcedureNote.pdf<.

TEST XLTECHO v1.1:

---

End

---

MESSAGE 1

0(0).MSH(0)  :  >|^~&|LAB|SCC|CLOVERLEAF|MDACC|20100323115641||ORU^R01|00278280|D|2.4<

1(0).0(0).0(0).PID(0)  :  >|||0000002||TEST^ALOHA||19750405|F||U||||||||000000000004<

1(0).0(0).0(0).NTE(0)  :  >|1||?EDTA Clumper 02/23/2010  09:50<

1(0).0(0).1(0).PV1(0)  :  >||I|00006^101^A||000000000004||00020^HUARINGA^ARMANDO^J^^^^^^^^^MDACC~F13939^^^^^^^^^^^^UPIN~1821110271^^^^^^^^^^^^NPI||||||||||~^^^^^^^^^^^^UPIN~^^^^^^^^^^^^NPI|I<

1(0).1(0).0(0).ORC(0)  :  >|RE|152300001:188|188|152300001|||^^^20100323^^R||201003230741|SCC|||00006^B4<

1(0).1(0).0(0).OBR(0)  :  >|1|152300001:188|188|Y1167^Metanephrines, Fractionated, Urine^^Y1167|||201003230600|||SCC||||201003230741||00020^HUARINGA^ARMANDO^J^^^^^^^^^MDACC~F13939^^^^^^^^^^^^UPIN~1821110271^^^^^^^^^^^^NPI||||||||REF01|P|||||||SCC||SCC<

1(0).1(0).0(0).NTE(0)  :  >|1||This is an order comment.<

1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(0)  :  >|1|ST|Y1171^Collection Duration, Urine^^ ||E303723EverEProcedureNote.pdf||||||F|||201003230741||SCC|201003230743<

I put the OBX-5 field in question in Bold in the mesage.

Seems to work fine for me.

Weird….because when I put that into my xlate, I got the same kind of output that Doug was describing.

At least he has it working now……Thanks Jim!

Tom,

Maybe its a release level thing. We are on 5.6.