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paulI
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Greetings all. I have the following senerio:

DEFINE FILE xxx
key_val/A3V=
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'REL') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN '1A' ELSE
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'ENG') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN '1B' ELSE
...etc
key_desc/A60V=
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'REL') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN 'Desc for REL' ELSE
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'ENG') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN 'Desc for ENG' ELSE
...etc

As you can see, the IF statements are identical, it is just the field name and values that differ. If there anyway to achieve something like the following:

key_val/A3V, key_desc/A60V=
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'REL') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN '1A','Desc for REL' ELSE
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'ENG') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN '1B','Desc for ENG' ELSE
...etc

This may be in the lserv somewhere, but I do not even know how to decribe what to search for. Is what I am trying to do even possible?

Thanks all for your help.
Paul

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Posts: 75 | Location: Wichita, KS | Registered: February 19, 2008Report This Post
Prarie
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So are you asking for 1A to say 'Desc for Rel" ?

if so then skip the 1A part and just put 'Desc For Rel'

or if that's not the way you do it then do the first define and then have a second define. Key_Desc/A60V = if Key_Val eq 1A then 'Desc for Rel.
 
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Microfich
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All kinds of ways to do this but I don't know of a function that gets you there.

How about:

DEFINE FILE XXX
KEYVALDESC/A63 = 
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'REL') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN '1A Desc for REL' ELSE
IF ((SUBJ EQ 'ENG') and (CRSE IN ('100','200'))) THEN '1B Desc for ENG' ELSE
etc....
KEYVAL/A3V   = EDIT(KEYVALDESC,'999');
KEYDESC/A60V = EDIT(KEYVALDESC,'$$$999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999');
END


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Francis Mariani
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Cleanest idea possible.


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DavSmith
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Paul,

You can only assign values to one virtual field at a time within a Compute/Define. And that's certainly true for most languages I know. Though I can see the value in having the functionality you suggest.

Anyway, here's my take on one of at least 10 different efficient ways...or more...to do it:

KEYVAL/A3V  =IF NOT CRSE IN(100,200) THEN ' ' ELSE DECODE SUBJ('REL' '1A' 'ENG' '1B' ELSE ' ');
KEYDESC/A60V=DECODE KEYVAL('1A' 'Desc for REL' '1B' 'Desc for ENG' ELSE ' ');



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Waz
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From an ongoing maintenance perspective, I would suggest not making the define too complex, as someone else may come in the work on the fex and not understand what is being done.

At the very least, heavily document the program.


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paulI
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Thank you prarie and microfich. Both solutions worked. I used microfich's because it removed one whole series of 'IF' statements which was my goal.
Thanks you again.

Thanks davSmith, that was the term I was looking for....virtual field.


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