Need part of data in a field

[Steve Lambert]

I have data in ZOM.45 that I need to move to OCR.3 but I just need

the data between the tildes.

|16433^HBOC~090819-ALM-00004~00005646^LA01|

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[Keith McLeod]

If you check what that field path is by displaying in the testing tool you can easily see what you need to copy for a path.  You can also do this in later versions of SMAT and set your detail level up.

3(0).ZOM(0).#45(0)  :  >123456-123^ABC<

3(0).ZOM(0).#45(1)  :  >0987654321^DEFG<

3(0).ZOM(0).#45(2)  :  >5555555555^HIJK<

Originally this looked like  

|123456-123^ABC~0987654321^DEFG~5555555555^HIJK|

So you would copy 3(0).ZOM(0).#45(1) –> OCR:? whatever is your destination.  The ‘1’ in parentheses is the field repetition index.  Hope this helps…

[Jim Kosloskey]

Steve,

That is a repeating field.

ITERATE over the field and slect the repetition you want.

OR – if you know the repetition of interest is always the second repetition set the repetition value following the field specification in the path notation -something like: …ZOM#45(1) (note 1 is the second repetition since the repetition count is relative to zero).

Also make sure the variant definition has the field defined as repeating.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

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