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Divya
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I have to read some data into a variable where my data contains '&' character. Like Health & Beauty etc....
I cannot change the display format of the data, need to retain that character. But when I read '&' character it throws error asking for that value assuming its a &er variable.
I tried escape clause.
IF MERCH_N LIKE 'Stat/Seasonal/L\&%' ESCAPE '\'

I am not sure if this is the right syntax.
But my text says 'Stat/Seasonal/L&P', and it throes error and cannot read &P.
It says value missing.

Any solutions on how to use escape character to treat & as normal 'and'?

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Posts: 15 | Registered: January 12, 2009Report This Post
Waz
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Use the pipe char.

e.g.
'Stat/Seasonal/L&|P'


Waz...

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Divya
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I didnt get it Waz..

Can you please elaborate on where to use this |.

TABLE FILE HLD_DAILY
SUM
SALES
BY MERCH_I
BY MERCH_N
IF MERCH_N LIKE 'Stat/Seasonal/L\&|P' ESCAPE '\'
END
-EXIT
This doesn't give me error, but it doesn't fetch any records.


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Håkan
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Try this:

DEFINE FILE car
test / A30 = IF COUNTRY EQ 'ENGLAND' THEN 'England, Scotland & Wales' ELSE COUNTRY;
END
TABLE FILE car
PRINT test
WHERE test LIKE '%&|%'
END

Håkan


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GamP
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quote:
IF MERCH_N LIKE 'Stat/Seasonal/L\&|P' ESCAPE '\'

Try 
IF MERCH_N LIKE 'Stat/Seasonal/L&|P'


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