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Latigresa
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I want to only grab information from the field if it contains over say 11 characters. How do I do that?

I truely apprietiate all the help I can get.

Ana


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GinnyJakes
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Ana,

You didn't mention the type of data source and maybe some relational engines have a way to do this on the WHERE clause.

But the only thing I can think of is, in a DEFINE, doing an RJUST then an EDIT to get the first n characters greater than 11. Then test that for not equal to spaces.

How does that sound?


Ginny
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Leah
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Seems to me there exists a user written subroutine that does the length of a string, but I can't recall and am at home so no manual close. Would have to do a define though anyway, hopefully you have other selection criteria as defines and selections on defined fields add overhead.


Leah
 
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JimRice
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Hi Ana,

This shows how to print all cars by country:

DEFINE FILE CAR
CAR_LEN/I3 = ARGLEN(16, CAR, CAR_LEN);
END
-*
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CAR
CAR_LEN
BY COUNTRY
END
-*

This shows how to print cars by country that have a length greater than 6:

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CAR
CAR_LEN
BY COUNTRY
WHERE CAR_LEN GT 6
END

Jim


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Tony A
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Leah,

What a memory! the function you mean is ARGLEN

T

Edited to add - beaten by Jim owing to very sloooow network today Frowner


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Latigresa
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When I try this...

VIN_LEN/A17=ARGLEN(17, VIN#, VIN_LEN);

I get an error..
(FOC36355) INVALID TYPE OF ARGUMENT #3 FOR USER FUNCTION ARGLEN

:-(


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Prarie
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But you made it the same size?


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Latigresa
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Even when I change the size I get the same error.


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Leah
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When I try this...

VIN_LEN

You used A17, should have been I7 the answer is a number. I3 will hold up to 999.

And thanks Tony, try to keep the old brain cells active.


Leah
 
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Latigresa
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! That worked now...sorry but I am very new to this and still in the great process of learning...Thank you again for helping me out!!!

Ana


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Leah
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That's what we're all here for to help, I learn almost every day myself. Welcome to the wonderful world of WebFOCUS.

Oh and before Francis Winkasks, you might want to update your profile to say what version you are using unless of course the 714 is it then my appologies.


Leah
 
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Latigresa
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714 is the version but I went ahead and updated that to the format the rest are using...

Thanks again!!!


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