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Shru
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i would like to read multiple values into a amper variable. i.e. i have a column from where i am geeting the data. i would like to read all these data into an amper variable.Is there a way to do that.

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Tony A
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Yes, and you would probably learn about how in WebFOCUS 101.
 
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Darin Lee
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Or you can do a search on the forum or look in the documentation. It's all in there. Your mention of a column might indicate that you are reading a table. A -READ will only work with a flat file.


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Dan Satchell
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TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT DST.COUNTRY
ON TABLE HOLD AS CTRYHOLD FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
-*
-SET &RECS = &LINES ;
-DEFAULT &CTRYLIST =
-REPEAT :ENDREP &RECS TIMES
-READ CTRYHOLD &COUNTRY.A10
-SET &CTRYLIST = IF (&CTRYLIST.LENGTH EQ 1) THEN &COUNTRY ELSE (&CTRYLIST || ',' || &COUNTRY);
-:ENDREP
-*
-TYPE &CTRYLIST


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Waz
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Or just to confuse you....

TABLE FILE CAR
BY COUNTRY
ON TABLE HOLD AS CTRYHOLD
END
-RUN
-SET &RECLEN = &LINES * 10 ;
-READ CTRYHOLD &COUNTRY.A&RECLEN.EVAL.
-TYPE &COUNTRY


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