looking for an elegant way to null a bunch of subfields

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March 18, 2011 at 3:36 pm #52357
Doug Stelley
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In an A31 I have to clear out PID12 – PID (end)

It works if I put @null for each and every destination

but its tedious to do a copy in a translation with

@null – 0(0).PID(0).#13(0).[0]

@null – 0(0).PID(0).#13(0).[1]

@null – 0(0).PID(0).#13(0).[2]

@null – 0(0).PID(0).#13(0).[3]

@null – 0(0).PID(0).#14(0).[0]

@null – 0(0).PID(0).#14(0).[1]

etc.

There must be a better way!
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- March 18, 2011 at 4:37 pm #73897
  James Cobane
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  Doug,
  
  You can simply use the PATHCOPY statement (instead of COPY) to copy @null to the whole field.
  
  PATHCOPY @null –> 0(0).PID(0).#13(0)
  
  that will null out all the components of the field. If you want to null out the whole segment, you can use PATHCOPY for that as well:
  
  PATHCOPY @null –> 0(0).PID(0)
  
  Hope this helps.
  
  Jim Cobane
  
  Henry Ford Health
- March 18, 2011 at 5:12 pm #73898
  Doug Stelley
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  it does, Thanks!
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