Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
I agree with you, John. There has been many times that I've done exactly that and exactly for the reasons you state. If the need would have been something that could have been used in other situations then I would have used a subroutine this time. This need, though, was extremely narrow in scope and by keeping it as an I-desc formula, it was totally self contained, self documented, and is not in danger of, six months from now, having the calculations modified, potentially, inadvertently, changing the net results. This group has so much deep knowledge that when I ask a question, I know that my thought processes are going to be either confirmed or expanded. Thanks to everyone for sharing your expertise. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Israel, John R. Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 9:01 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item It is for this pain in the butt type of situation that I often call a subroutine to do my work. I understand that part of the requirement was to try to avoid this, but I have had far too many situations where the I-Desc keeps getting more and more complicated to get the job done, only to find out that in the end, I need to do it with a subroutine any way. When this happens, I try to be pro-active enough to anticipate that I will want to expand upon it later (maybe do different types of manipulations for the same data). Thus, I pass the arguments that I know I need, plus several other that I do not need at them time, but can be used in the future as other uses or flavors are needed. A complicated I-Desc can often be written as a simple subroutine. Hours have been spent going back and forth on a solution to the original thread, where 10 minute would likely have solved it by a subroutine. Also, once the subroutine is written for the I-Desc, it can ALSO be called by normal program. Imagine that. 1 piece of code that consistently returns a desired calculation throughout the system. If a change is ever needed, fix it in the one subroutine, and it is solved everywhere. Unless it is a REALLY simple I-Desc, go with a subroutine. Just my 2 cents... John Israel Senior Programmer/Analyst Dayton Superior Corporation 1125 Byers Road Miamisburg, OH 45342 -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Martin Phillips Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:33 AM To: dgr...@dagconsulting.com; U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item Hi David, > Bob is right. Lets enhance the FIELD function to accept a string > delimiter > and not just a single character. A nice idea but it has to be a new function because FIELD() is defined as using only the first character of the supplied delimiter. Because an enhancement such as this is unlikely to appear in time to resolve the original poster's problem, it should be possible to work around the issue by replacing all of the multi-character delimiters with some single character that would never appear in the data and then using FIELD() with this as the delimiter. I cannot remember whether Unidata supports CHANGE() in I-types. For some strange reason UniVerse does not. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems Ltd 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England +44 (0)1604-709200 ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
It is for this pain in the butt type of situation that I often call a subroutine to do my work. I understand that part of the requirement was to try to avoid this, but I have had far too many situations where the I-Desc keeps getting more and more complicated to get the job done, only to find out that in the end, I need to do it with a subroutine any way. When this happens, I try to be pro-active enough to anticipate that I will want to expand upon it later (maybe do different types of manipulations for the same data). Thus, I pass the arguments that I know I need, plus several other that I do not need at them time, but can be used in the future as other uses or flavors are needed. A complicated I-Desc can often be written as a simple subroutine. Hours have been spent going back and forth on a solution to the original thread, where 10 minute would likely have solved it by a subroutine. Also, once the subroutine is written for the I-Desc, it can ALSO be called by normal program. Imagine that. 1 piece of code that consistently returns a desired calculation throughout the system. If a change is ever needed, fix it in the one subroutine, and it is solved everywhere. Unless it is a REALLY simple I-Desc, go with a subroutine. Just my 2 cents... John Israel Senior Programmer/Analyst Dayton Superior Corporation 1125 Byers Road Miamisburg, OH 45342 -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Martin Phillips Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:33 AM To: dgr...@dagconsulting.com; U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item Hi David, > Bob is right. Lets enhance the FIELD function to accept a string > delimiter > and not just a single character. A nice idea but it has to be a new function because FIELD() is defined as using only the first character of the supplied delimiter. Because an enhancement such as this is unlikely to appear in time to resolve the original poster's problem, it should be possible to work around the issue by replacing all of the multi-character delimiters with some single character that would never appear in the data and then using FIELD() with this as the delimiter. I cannot remember whether Unidata supports CHANGE() in I-types. For some strange reason UniVerse does not. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems Ltd 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England +44 (0)1604-709200 ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
I'm not sure I would want a compile time error. I can think of a couple of situations where, though the use of a variable, the length of the delimiter wouldn't be known until run time. If there was a run time message when the delimiter was multi-character, and an option to suppress that message... Maybe even an option to force the first character usage like it does now... Yeah, for my money that would be my first choice. I'm just glad you folks are smarter than I am and figured out a couple of solutions that work! -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:30 AM To: dgr...@dagconsulting.com; U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item or at least gripe about it at compile time. I got bit on this one in the past because I didn't realize it was only looking at the first character. > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of David A. Green > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:23 AM > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > Bob is right. Lets enhance the FIELD function to accept a string > delimiter > and not just a single character. > > David A. Green > (480) 813-1725 > DAG Consulting > ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Hi David, Bob is right. Lets enhance the FIELD function to accept a string delimiter and not just a single character. A nice idea but it has to be a new function because FIELD() is defined as using only the first character of the supplied delimiter. Because an enhancement such as this is unlikely to appear in time to resolve the original poster's problem, it should be possible to work around the issue by replacing all of the multi-character delimiters with some single character that would never appear in the data and then using FIELD() with this as the delimiter. I cannot remember whether Unidata supports CHANGE() in I-types. For some strange reason UniVerse does not. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems Ltd 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England +44 (0)1604-709200 ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
or at least gripe about it at compile time. I got bit on this one in the past because I didn't realize it was only looking at the first character. > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of David A. Green > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:23 AM > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > Bob is right. Lets enhance the FIELD function to accept a string > delimiter > and not just a single character. > > David A. Green > (480) 813-1725 > DAG Consulting > ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Bob is right. Lets enhance the FIELD function to accept a string delimiter and not just a single character. David A. Green (480) 813-1725 DAG Consulting -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:11 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item Hi folks, I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi character value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. I'm working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse the first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD only lets me use a single character. What I have so far in the DICT item is: 001: I 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) 003: 004: PRN 005: 15L 006: S This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the PRN. Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT want to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to swap out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an allowed command in the DICT items. Thanks for any help you can offer. BobW ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
I have to admit that I've never looked at MATCHFIELD before. To be honest, I never would have gotten how to put the string together, either. Seeing your solution and reading the HELP info, I see how it works. Thanks very much Andy! -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of andy baum Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:39 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item Or you can use :- MATCHFIELD(F1,\0X'PRN="'0X'"'0X\,3) To directly extract the value. This works in Universe but not sure if Unidata supports the third (\) quote symbol. If not then you can use :- MATCHFIELD(F1,"0X'PRN=":'"':"'0X'":'"':"'0X",3) Which is not quite as readable. Cheers, Andy ____________ From: Bob Woodward To: U2 Users List Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011, 20:30 Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item WINNER We can even remove the fourth statement since the third statement puts the first quoted value at the front of @3 so... F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,'"',2) Will work perfectly! Thank you very much! -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:22 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item what about F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,"=",2) ; FIELD(@4,'"',2) George > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:59 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > That won't get me any closer. Reason is that we have differing numbers > of options possible. I really need to somehow identify where "PRN" (or > /PRN or PRN= or ...) is. Once I have that, I can use FIELD on the > double quotes to get what I want. > > Double slashes won't work, either, as FIELD still just takes the first > slash character and uses it. > > Here's a sample of the data line I'm working with but, again, the > number > of options and option commands can change. Only "/PRN=" is going to be > guaranteed to be unique to that data position. (The sample may wrap but > it's a single line.) > > 001: %BTW% /RUN /f="C:\BarTender\Template\Comply-FTL.btw" > /d="\\ganymede\DCDOWN\5214411.dat" /p /PRN="BoxLabel3" /x > > > Thanks, > BobW > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George > Gallen > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:46 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > hmmm. looks like I need glasses...didn't see you already answered it. > > Is there an = sign in any of the label data? > > FIELD(@1,"=",2) ; FIELD(@2,'"'2) > > Don't look for PRN= , just = > > George > > > -Original Message- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:30 PM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > Does CHANGE work with Unidata? > > > > CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > > > George > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM > > > To: U2 Users List > > > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi > > > character > > > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. > > > I'm > > > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse > the > > > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD > only > > > lets me use a single character. > > > > > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > > > 001: I > > > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,&
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Or you can use :- MATCHFIELD(F1,\0X'PRN="'0X'"'0X\,3) To directly extract the value. This works in Universe but not sure if Unidata supports the third (\) quote symbol. If not then you can use :- MATCHFIELD(F1,"0X'PRN=":'"':"'0X'":'"':"'0X",3) Which is not quite as readable. Cheers, Andy ____________ From: Bob Woodward To: U2 Users List Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011, 20:30 Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item WINNER We can even remove the fourth statement since the third statement puts the first quoted value at the front of @3 so... F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,'"',2) Will work perfectly! Thank you very much! -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:22 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item what about F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,"=",2) ; FIELD(@4,'"',2) George > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:59 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > That won't get me any closer. Reason is that we have differing numbers > of options possible. I really need to somehow identify where "PRN" (or > /PRN or PRN= or ...) is. Once I have that, I can use FIELD on the > double quotes to get what I want. > > Double slashes won't work, either, as FIELD still just takes the first > slash character and uses it. > > Here's a sample of the data line I'm working with but, again, the > number > of options and option commands can change. Only "/PRN=" is going to be > guaranteed to be unique to that data position. (The sample may wrap but > it's a single line.) > > 001: %BTW% /RUN /f="C:\BarTender\Template\Comply-FTL.btw" > /d="\\ganymede\DCDOWN\5214411.dat" /p /PRN="BoxLabel3" /x > > > Thanks, > BobW > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George > Gallen > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:46 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > hmmm. looks like I need glasses...didn't see you already answered it. > > Is there an = sign in any of the label data? > > FIELD(@1,"=",2) ; FIELD(@2,'"'2) > > Don't look for PRN= , just = > > George > > > -Original Message- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:30 PM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > Does CHANGE work with Unidata? > > > > CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > > > George > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM > > > To: U2 Users List > > > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi > > > character > > > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. > > > I'm > > > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse > the > > > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD > only > > > lets me use a single character. > > > > > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > > > 001: I > > > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > > 003: > > > 004: PRN > > > 005: 15L > > > 006: S > > > > > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the > > PRN. > > > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT > > > want > > > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to > > > swap > > > out PRN= with a single character but apparent
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Nice! On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Bob Woodward wrote: > WINNER We can even remove the fourth statement since the third > statement puts the first quoted value at the front of @3 so... > > F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,'"',2) > > Will work perfectly! > > Thank you very much! > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:22 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > what about > > F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,"=",2) ; > FIELD(@4,'"',2) > > George > >> -Original Message- >> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- >> boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward >> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:59 PM >> To: U2 Users List >> Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item >> >> That won't get me any closer. Reason is that we have differing > numbers >> of options possible. I really need to somehow identify where "PRN" > (or >> /PRN or PRN= or ...) is. Once I have that, I can use FIELD on the >> double quotes to get what I want. >> >> Double slashes won't work, either, as FIELD still just takes the first >> slash character and uses it. >> >> Here's a sample of the data line I'm working with but, again, the >> number >> of options and option commands can change. Only "/PRN=" is going to > be >> guaranteed to be unique to that data position. (The sample may wrap > but >> it's a single line.) >> >> 001: %BTW% /RUN /f="C:\BarTender\Template\Comply-FTL.btw" >> /d="\\ganymede\DCDOWN\5214411.dat" /p /PRN="BoxLabel3" /x >> >> >> Thanks, >> BobW >> >> -Original Message- >> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org >> [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George >> Gallen >> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:46 AM >> To: U2 Users List >> Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item >> >> hmmm. looks like I need glasses...didn't see you already answered it. >> >> Is there an = sign in any of the label data? >> >> FIELD(@1,"=",2) ; FIELD(@2,'"'2) >> >> Don't look for PRN= , just = >> >> George >> >> > -Original Message- >> > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- >> > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen >> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:30 PM >> > To: U2 Users List >> > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item >> > >> > Does CHANGE work with Unidata? >> > >> > CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) >> > >> > George >> > >> > > -Original Message- >> > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- >> > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward >> > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM >> > > To: U2 Users List >> > > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item >> > > >> > > Hi folks, >> > > >> > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi >> > > character >> > > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict > item. >> > > I'm >> > > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse >> the >> > > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD >> only >> > > lets me use a single character. >> > > >> > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: >> > > 001: I >> > > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) >> > > 003: >> > > 004: PRN >> > > 005: 15L >> > > 006: S >> > > >> > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the >> > PRN. >> > > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do > NOT >> > > want >> > > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE > to >> > > swap >> > > out PRN= with a single character but apparently th
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
WINNER We can even remove the fourth statement since the third statement puts the first quoted value at the front of @3 so... F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,'"',2) Will work perfectly! Thank you very much! -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:22 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item what about F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,"=",2) ; FIELD(@4,'"',2) George > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:59 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > That won't get me any closer. Reason is that we have differing numbers > of options possible. I really need to somehow identify where "PRN" (or > /PRN or PRN= or ...) is. Once I have that, I can use FIELD on the > double quotes to get what I want. > > Double slashes won't work, either, as FIELD still just takes the first > slash character and uses it. > > Here's a sample of the data line I'm working with but, again, the > number > of options and option commands can change. Only "/PRN=" is going to be > guaranteed to be unique to that data position. (The sample may wrap but > it's a single line.) > > 001: %BTW% /RUN /f="C:\BarTender\Template\Comply-FTL.btw" > /d="\\ganymede\DCDOWN\5214411.dat" /p /PRN="BoxLabel3" /x > > > Thanks, > BobW > > -----Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George > Gallen > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:46 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > hmmm. looks like I need glasses...didn't see you already answered it. > > Is there an = sign in any of the label data? > > FIELD(@1,"=",2) ; FIELD(@2,'"'2) > > Don't look for PRN= , just = > > George > > > -Original Message- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:30 PM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > Does CHANGE work with Unidata? > > > > CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > > > George > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM > > > To: U2 Users List > > > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi > > > character > > > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. > > > I'm > > > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse > the > > > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD > only > > > lets me use a single character. > > > > > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > > > 001: I > > > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > > 003: > > > 004: PRN > > > 005: 15L > > > 006: S > > > > > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the > > PRN. > > > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT > > > want > > > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to > > > swap > > > out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an > allowed > > > command in the DICT items. > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > > > > BobW > > > > > > ___ > > > U2-Users mailing list > > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > ___ > > U2-Users mailing list > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
what about F1 ; INDEX(F1,"PRN=",1) ; @1[@2,LEN(@1)] ; FIELD(@3,"=",2) ; FIELD(@4,'"',2) George > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:59 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > That won't get me any closer. Reason is that we have differing numbers > of options possible. I really need to somehow identify where "PRN" (or > /PRN or PRN= or ...) is. Once I have that, I can use FIELD on the > double quotes to get what I want. > > Double slashes won't work, either, as FIELD still just takes the first > slash character and uses it. > > Here's a sample of the data line I'm working with but, again, the > number > of options and option commands can change. Only "/PRN=" is going to be > guaranteed to be unique to that data position. (The sample may wrap but > it's a single line.) > > 001: %BTW% /RUN /f="C:\BarTender\Template\Comply-FTL.btw" > /d="\\ganymede\DCDOWN\5214411.dat" /p /PRN="BoxLabel3" /x > > > Thanks, > BobW > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George > Gallen > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:46 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > hmmm. looks like I need glasses...didn't see you already answered it. > > Is there an = sign in any of the label data? > > FIELD(@1,"=",2) ; FIELD(@2,'"'2) > > Don't look for PRN= , just = > > George > > > -Original Message- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:30 PM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > Does CHANGE work with Unidata? > > > > CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > > > George > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM > > > To: U2 Users List > > > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi > > > character > > > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. > > > I'm > > > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse > the > > > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD > only > > > lets me use a single character. > > > > > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > > > 001: I > > > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > > 003: > > > 004: PRN > > > 005: 15L > > > 006: S > > > > > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the > > PRN. > > > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT > > > want > > > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to > > > swap > > > out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an > allowed > > > command in the DICT items. > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > > > > BobW > > > > > > ___ > > > U2-Users mailing list > > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > ___ > > U2-Users mailing list > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Again, I have a variable number of options. If I could do a FOR...NEXT in a DICT item then that would work. Thanks, though. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Steve Romanow Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:03 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item Maybe swap / for @am and you have tokenized your input. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Maybe swap / for @am and you have tokenized your input. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
That won't get me any closer. Reason is that we have differing numbers of options possible. I really need to somehow identify where "PRN" (or /PRN or PRN= or ...) is. Once I have that, I can use FIELD on the double quotes to get what I want. Double slashes won't work, either, as FIELD still just takes the first slash character and uses it. Here's a sample of the data line I'm working with but, again, the number of options and option commands can change. Only "/PRN=" is going to be guaranteed to be unique to that data position. (The sample may wrap but it's a single line.) 001: %BTW% /RUN /f="C:\BarTender\Template\Comply-FTL.btw" /d="\\ganymede\DCDOWN\5214411.dat" /p /PRN="BoxLabel3" /x Thanks, BobW -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:46 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item hmmm. looks like I need glasses...didn't see you already answered it. Is there an = sign in any of the label data? FIELD(@1,"=",2) ; FIELD(@2,'"'2) Don't look for PRN= , just = George > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:30 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > Does CHANGE work with Unidata? > > CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > George > > > -Original Message- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi > > character > > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. > > I'm > > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse the > > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD only > > lets me use a single character. > > > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > > 001: I > > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > 003: > > 004: PRN > > 005: 15L > > 006: S > > > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the > PRN. > > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT > > want > > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to > > swap > > out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an allowed > > command in the DICT items. > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > > BobW > > > > ___ > > U2-Users mailing list > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
hmmm. looks like I need glasses...didn't see you already answered it. Is there an = sign in any of the label data? FIELD(@1,"=",2) ; FIELD(@2,'"'2) Don't look for PRN= , just = George > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:30 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > Does CHANGE work with Unidata? > > CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > George > > > -Original Message- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi > > character > > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. > > I'm > > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse the > > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD only > > lets me use a single character. > > > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > > 001: I > > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) > > 003: > > 004: PRN > > 005: 15L > > 006: S > > > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the > PRN. > > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT > > want > > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to > > swap > > out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an allowed > > command in the DICT items. > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > > BobW > > > > ___ > > U2-Users mailing list > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Does doubling the slash help? "//PRD" On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Bob Woodward wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi character > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. I'm > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse the > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD only > lets me use a single character. > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > 001: I > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) > 003: > 004: PRN > 005: 15L > 006: S > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the PRN. > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT want > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to swap > out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an allowed > command in the DICT items. > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > BobW > > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
how about INDEX then you should be able to use C0L1 COL2 logic
or what I did years ago for CONVERT since it wasnt allowed to
be used in an Itype was create a generic subroutine that could
be used as a SUBR where ever I needed it
something like
SUBR('*CONVERT.SUBR',@RECORD<1>,from delim,to delim)
Rich
Bob Woodward wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi character
value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. I'm
working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse the
first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD only
lets me use a single character.
What I have so far in the DICT item is:
001: I
002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2)
003:
004: PRN
005: 15L
006: S
This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the PRN.
Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT want
to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to swap
out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an allowed
command in the DICT items.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
BobW
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Re: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Does CHANGE work with Unidata? CHANGE(F1,"PRN",CHAR(251)) ; FIELD(@1,CHAR(251),2) ; FIELD(@2,'"',2) George > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:11 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: [U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item > > Hi folks, > > I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi > character > value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. > I'm > working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse the > first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD only > lets me use a single character. > > What I have so far in the DICT item is: > 001: I > 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) > 003: > 004: PRN > 005: 15L > 006: S > > This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the PRN. > Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT > want > to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to > swap > out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an allowed > command in the DICT items. > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > BobW > > ___ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
[U2] Multi char delimiter in DICT item
Hi folks, I'm in Unidata 6.1 and I'm trying to find a way to use a multi character value as a delimiter for a parsing function in an I-desc dict item. I'm working with Bartender label data records and I'm trying to parse the first line on the "/PRN=" value, without the quote marks. FIELD only lets me use a single character. What I have so far in the DICT item is: 001: I 002: F1;FIELD(@1,'PRN=',2);FIELD(@2,'"',2) 003: 004: PRN 005: 15L 006: S This works great until a capital P is in the label name before the PRN. Field is taking the first character and ignoring the RN=. I do NOT want to make a subroutine if I can avoid it. I've tried using CHANGE to swap out PRN= with a single character but apparently that's not an allowed command in the DICT items. Thanks for any help you can offer. BobW ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
