Variable counter in xlate iteration

[Jason Puskar]

Hello,

    Is there a way to use the value of a variable counter to value which iteration of a segment is used/valued?

    I have a situation were I am copying only some OBX segments over from Inbound to Outbound.  Each time I value a counter and value the OBX|1 field.  There is one OBX value (blood pressure) that come out in one OBX, but I have to place in two outbound.  I’ve held them in a variable to add to the end after all other OBX’s are processed.  At the end I know how many OBX’s are ready to send with the counter.  I would like to be able to value the last two OBX’s with the held value, and use the counter to control what iteration is used.

    Below is what I was trying to set up.  How can I do this?

Copy @null -> @obxCounter

ITERATE  (obx’s)

Copy @obxfinalVal -> 1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(@obxCounter).#1(0)

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Jason,

Using temp variables in address paths will always result in a value of zero (0).

There is a way to do what you want but I need to have a little more detail.

Email me and I will help you with this off line.

The essence is you probably need to manage your own Iteration Variable (%g/s/f/lx) like %g99. There are some things to know about how and why to do this.

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

[Jason Puskar]

Jim,

   Thanks so much for your help.  I was able to get this to work based on what you said.  

   I valued my own variable of $%s99 to 1.  I am still using the usual %s1 to loop through the OBX segments.  Once I find a value I want to copy, I just use the $%s99 variable on outbound side.  Next I increment my own custom variable by one for the next match.

     Below is how the initializing, copy and incrementing looks in the xlate:

Copy

=1   –>   $%s99

Match found, now copy to outbound:

1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(%s1).#5(0).[0]   –>   1(0).1(0).1(0).OBX(%s99).#5(0).[0]

Math:Add

$%s99   –>   $%s99

=1

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