OBX.#5 truncation problem while performing a COPY

[George Kulz]

Hi all.

I’m trying to copy the text from OBX.#5 from the source message to the destination message using the following Tcl code to parse what I want out of the source:

set input [lindex $xlateInVals 0]

set collectedDateTime [string first “Collected: ” $input]

if {$collectedDateTime != -1} {

 set output [string range $input $collectedDateTime end]

} else {

 set output ” “

}

set xlateOutVals $output

In the source message, OBX.#5 contains:

Source: STL                           Collected: 01/07/13 7:00

In the destination message, OBX.#5 looks like this:

Collected:

Can someone tell me why the text is getting truncated here? I saw a similar topic where someone mentioned changing the length of the OBX.#5 field, but I didn’t understand the solution presented. I’ve looked at the length of the OBX.#5 field, and it’s currently set to 65536. The solution mentioned to change the length to -1 to make it “infinite”, but I’m unable to type in a negative number.

If it’s any help, we’re on version 5.5 of Cloverleaf here.

Thank you.

George Kulz

Senior Java Programmer

Information Services

Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

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[Tom Rioux]

You have to remember that “xlateOutVals” is a list.  If there is a space in there, it will throw you off.  Set your xlateOutVals as:

set xlateOutVals

That should get you what you need.

Hope this helps…

Tom Rioux

[Author]

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