If statement in translation

[Joseph Paquette]

I almost am embarrased to ask this question,  in a translation i am using an if statment.  If ~0(0).OBR.238.[4] eq =Stress test  i am getting a failure due to a multi word answer.  How to i search for “Stress test” in a translation if there is a space in the text??

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[James Cobane]

Joseph,

This one has gotten me before as well.  To work around it, copy the literal ‘Stress test’ to a temp variable, and then use the temp variable in the IF statement:

COPY =Stress test  –> @stresstest

IF ~0(0).OBR.238.[4] eq @stresstest

Hope this helps.

Jim Cobane

Henry Ford Health

[Joseph Paquette]

Thanks,  worked perfectly.

Joe

[Ruth Chong]

Hi All experts out there….

If i want to compare say IF @label  =a/treatment/findings

how do i make the engine read the entire a/treatment/findings…it cannot process because of the /

HELP!..thanks

[Tom Rioux]

Ruth,

The translator that is doing the IF won’t be able to recognize the “/” character because it has special meaning.   Here is what you can try:

1.  In the copy statement where you are setting your @label variable, change your slashes to underscore via regsub or something.   You can use this:   regsub -all “/” $xlateInVals “_” xlateOutVals

That should be all you need in the Tcl fragment.

2. In the IF statment, simply change it to say:

  IF  @label eq =a_treatment_findings

Then perform whatever you want to do underneath the IF

I have tested this on my 5.2 Clovereleaf and it appears to be working just fine.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks…

Tom Rioux

Baylor Health Care Systems

[Robert Kersemakers]

Another possible solution would be to put the condition into a variable:

COPY =a/treatment/findings -> @condition

IF @label eq @condition

Zuyderland Medisch Centrum; Heerlen/Sittard; The Netherlands

[Ruth Chong]

Hi All Experts

Thanks for the precious advice, I adopted using the temp variable instead.

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