Filter Blank HL7 Fields

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    Andrew Deters
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    I put this script together from several different resources.  I couldn’t find any other script that would filter on blank fields (active nulls “” or truly blank).  I saw reference to another script that did the same thing but could not find it.  Standard disclaimer applies 😆

    ######################################################################

    # Name: tps_filterBlankHL7Field.tcl

    # Purpose:

    # UPoC type: tps

    # Args: tps keyedlist containing the following keys:

    #       MODE    run mode (“start”, “run” or “time”)

    #       MSGID   message handle

    #       ARGS    user-supplied arguments:

    # Segment Name, Field Number, Sub Field Number

    #               Ex. {SEGNAME PID} {FIELDNUM 18} {SUBFIELDNUM 0}

    #    will filter all messages with blanks or active nulls in PID 18.0

    #                      

    # Returns: tps disposition list:

    #          

    #

    proc tps_filterBlankHL7Field { args } {

       keylget args MODE mode               ;# Fetch mode

       set dispList {} ;# Nothing to return

       switch -exact — $mode {

           start {

               # Perform special init functions

       # N.B.: there may or may not be a MSGID key in args

           }

           run {

       # ‘run’ mode always has a MSGID; fetch and process it

               keylget args MSGID mh

       set segname {}

       keylget args ARGS.SEGNAME segname

       set fieldnum {}

       keylget args ARGS.FIELDNUM fieldnum

       set subfieldnum {}

         keylget args ARGS.SUBFIELDNUM subfieldnum

       set RESULT CONTINUE

       set msg [msgget $mh]

       set sep [csubstr $msg 3 1]

       set sub [csubstr $msg 4 1]

       set subsub [csubstr $msg 5 1]

       set seg_list [split $msg r]

           foreach item $seg_list {

    set seg_id [crange $item 0 2]

    if [cequal $seg_id $segname] {

           set fields [split $item $sub]

    set checkfield [lindex $fields $fieldnum]

    set subfields [split $checkfield $subsub]

    set checkvalue [lindex $subfields $subfieldnum]

    if {[cequal [string map {{“} {}} $checkvalue] “”]} {

      set RESULT “KILL”

    }

    }

               }

       if {[cequal $RESULT “KILL”]} {

          lappend dispList “KILL $mh”

       } else {

          lappend dispList “CONTINUE $mh”

       }

           }

           time {

               # Timer-based processing

       # N.B.: there may or may not be a MSGID key in args

           }

           

           shutdown {

       # Doing some clean-up work

    }

       }

       return $dispList

    }

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