Using "CT" in an IF statement

[Tom Arrowsmith]

Hello,

I am trying to write a statement that specifies if the letter “E” is not appended to an account number in the PID-18.1  then “continue”. (with a previous “Supress”)

Presently I have this

IF 0(0).PID(0).#18(0).[0]  ! ct E

…

When testing, I get this error:

[0:TEST] IF expression parse failed: Expected a relational operator

Error occurred at: ‘! ct =E’

[0:TEST] Unable to compile XLT ‘ESCRIPT_ORU_to_ECIN_ORU.xlt’.

A little background: The sending system is planning on appending an “E” to certain account numbers that will identify these numbers to me as accounts that should not pass the interface engine.

Here’s an example HL7 message (showing just the MSH and PID) with an “E” appended in the PID-18

Can anyone help me out as to the proper way to do this within an Xlate?

Thanks!

Tom Arrowsmith

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[Tom Arrowsmith]

oops, forgot to paste in the message:

MESSAGE 1

MSH|^~&|ESMT|FH|rcvapp|FH|20120120143635||ORU^R01|20120120143635356|P|2.2||

PID|||1100002||HIM^TEST^K||19990831|F||||||||||000001377E^^^L<

[Jim Kosloskey]

Tom,

Do you have this:

IF 0(0).PID(0).#18(0).[0]  ! ct E

or this:

IF 0(0).PID(0).#18(0).[0]  ! ct =E

If the former try with an =E, if the latter, try COPYing =E to a temp variable then using the temp variable in the IF Action.

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

[Chris Williams]

It doesn’t like your exclamation point. If you want to look for the negative of the IF statement you can write it this way:IF !(0(0).PID(0).#18(0).[0] [code]IF !(0(0).PID(0).#18(0).[0]

[Tom Arrowsmith]

That’s it, Chris… Thanks so much!

Thank you too, Jim, for your response. I tried Chris’ suggestion first and it worked…..

Tom

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