Concatenate parenthesis with a variable

[Rich]

Team,

I need to pull the value from PID.13.6, put it into a variable, then concatenate it with parenthesis around it.  I’d like to use an XLT for this.

1. How do I pull the value, and put it into a variable?
2. How do I use concat to “(” + variablename + “)” ?

Thank you!

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[Rob Abbott]

COPY PID.13.6 -> @variable

CONCAT =( @variable =) -> @variable

on the CONCAT operation, make sure each element is on a separate line in the input box, e.g.

=(

@variable

=)

Rob Abbott
Cloverleaf Emeritus

[Rich]

Thank you for the quick reply!

When I copy @ac back to pid, I get the literal value “@ac” in my HL7 message.  What did I do wrong?

[James Cobane]

You should be able to CONCAT your input value with the parentheses directly into your output field.  Let’s assume you want to CONCAT your PID:13.6 value.  In your input (source) list of the CONCAT statement it would be:

=(
0(0).PID(0).#13(0).[5]
=)

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by James Cobane.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by James Cobane.

[Rich]

That worked perfectly, thank you!

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