Using "ct" in xlate to find * (asterix)

[Tom Arrowsmith]

In the Cloverleaf Engine we want to use the ct function (contains) in an IF statement. In this particular case, we want to see if the value contains an asterix ( * ) What is the syntax for this?

We tried the following:

1.     IF hl7 field ct *

2.     IF hl7 field ct =*

3.     IF hl7 field ct

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[Ian Morris]

I haven’t had much luck comparing a string to a variable/field within an if statement.  In this situation I would set a variable like this:

=* COPY @testvar

Then I would compare @testvar to the value you want to use.

Also, your example may work if you make your escape character like “” instead of “/”.  I think you are using it backwards.

Tom Arrowsmith wrote:

In the Cloverleaf Engine we want to use the ct function (contains) in an IF statement. In this particular case, we want to see if the value contains an asterix ( * ) What is the syntax for this?

We tried the following:

1.

[Jon Blanchard]

<span style="color: Indigo]One option is to set a temp variable to the boolean result of a tcl snippet using the regexp statement, i.e.”>

Code:

COPY action:

Inbound=

tclproc=set xlateOutVals [list [regexp — {*} [lindex $xlateInVals 0] ] ]

Outbound=

The result of the regexp will be 0 or 1.

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[Paul Von]

I was having the same issue and someone suggested this to me and it worked great.

1) Assign the asterisk

 a. Copy   =*   to   @asterisk

2) Check if it is in the string

 a. 0(0).PID(0).#18(0) ct @asterisk

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