Thanks Pat, great! I've never used I types before.... or heard of them
I've used V & D types (6 line) in UniDATA years ago, and only 10ln DICTs in JBASE.... Where do the I types originate from...? Do you know of any good reference for different types of DICT? thanks Ian On May 5, 11:16 pm, pat <[email protected]> wrote: > Why restrict yourself to 10 line DICTionary items ? > > Try the additional features provided by I types > > DICT file mv2_of_Attr1 Last_mv_of_Attr1 mvcnt > > mv2_of_Attr1 > > 001 I > 002 @RECORD<1,2> > 003 > 004 2nd Value in Attribute 1 > 005 10L > > Last_mv_of_Attr1 > > 001 I > 002 FIELD(1,@VM,mvcnt) > 003 > 004 Last value in Attribute 1 > 005 10L > > mvcnt > > 001 I > 002 COUNT(1,@VM)+1 > 003 > 004 Number of values in Attribute 1 > 005 5R > > LIST file mv2_of_Attr1 Last_mv_of_Attr1 > > should give you : > > 'dave' and 'chris' respectively, based on your data below, > > Pat. > > On 5 May, 11:13, inavran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I was wondering if anyone knew the correct syntax for extracting the > > 'last multi-value' from a field using a 10 line dictionary items > > > eg record (3 attributes with 4 multi-values on each line) > > > 001:john]dave]simon]chris > > 002:blue]red]yellow]green > > 003:30]25]42]50 > > > i would want to extract just "chris" from attribute 1. (being the last > > MV) > > > also, i would be curious how to extract a specific other multi value > > as well (eg "dave" (MV 2) > > > at present i am doing this using a subroutine CALL within the DICT, > > which is very slow (as you would expect), so i am keen to get a better > > solution in place. > > > I am using jBASE 3.4.x on Windows 2003 > > > Many thanks in advance. > > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please read the posting guidelines at: http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions specific to Globus/T24 To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
