On: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 04:07:06PM -0400,Bob Cronin Wrote: } I have an application that needs to choose a userid from a list. However, if } the list contains a certain userid (say, one called BOB), it should always } choose BOB and ignore the others. I've come up with a way to do this that } works, but it feels a bit kludgy to me. Without revealing how I did it, I'd } like to solicit other approaches from you all (to see how well or poorly I } did by myself ;-). } } The output should be stored in a stem. The stem should have all the userid's } in it, unless BOB was one of them in which case it should only have one } entry, the one for BOB.
With all due respect for Mike, I think I would use a lookup stage. Feed the list into one input and a literal "BOB" into the other. Then the 2 outputs, the found output will have either "BOB" or nothing. If not empty, use it. Else pick one of the list items. -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L
