looking for an elegant way to null a bunch of subfields

[Doug Stelley]

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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[James Cobane]

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

[Doug Stelley]

it does, Thanks!

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