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Hello, Is there a way to use the value of a variable counter to value which iteration of a segment is used/valued?
I have a situation were I am copying only some OBX segments over from Inbound to Outbound. Each time I value a counter and value the OBX|1 field. There is one OBX value (blood pressure) that come out in one OBX, but I have to place in two outbound. I’ve held them in a variable to add to the end after all other OBX’s are processed. At the end I know how many OBX’s are ready to send with the counter. I would like to be able to value the last two OBX’s with the held value, and use the counter to control what iteration is used.
Below is what I was trying to set up. How can I do this?
Copy @null -> @obxCounter
ITERATE (obx’s)
Copy @obxfinalVal -> 1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(@obxCounter).#1(0)
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Jason,
Using temp variables in address paths will always result in a value of zero (0).
There is a way to do what you want but I need to have a little more detail.
Email me and I will help you with this off line.
The essence is you probably need to manage your own Iteration Variable (%g/s/f/lx) like %g99. There are some things to know about how and why to do this.
email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.
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Jim,
Thanks so much for your help. I was able to get this to work based on what you said.
I valued my own variable of $%s99 to 1. I am still using the usual %s1 to loop through the OBX segments. Once I find a value I want to copy, I just use the $%s99 variable on outbound side. Next I increment my own custom variable by one for the next match.
Below is how the initializing, copy and incrementing looks in the xlate:
Copy
=1 –> $%s99
Match found, now copy to outbound:
1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(%s1).#5(0).[0] –> 1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(%s99).#5(0).[0]
Math:Add
$%s99 –> $%s99
=1
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