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serenekk
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--SET &INSTRLEN=&SSN.LENGTH;
-SET &OR=''' OR ''';
-SET &WHERE= IF &INSTRLEN LE 09 THEN &SSN
- ELSE STRREP(&INSTRLEN, &INSTR,1,',',6, &OR, 200, 'A200') || ''''';

IF I assign the ssn to be 123456789 ,for example, I get this (FOC36355) INVALID TYPE OF ARGUMENT #2 FOR USER FUNCTION STRREP. How can I fix this?
Thanks so much in advance,
KK

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Francis Mariani
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Since the error you get points to the second argument of STRREP and you haven't provided an example value for it (&INSTR), we can't be of much help.

Please provide an example value of &INSTR.


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-SET &INSTRLEN=&SSN.LENGTH;
-SET &OR=''' OR ''';
-SET &WHERE= IF &INSTRLEN LE 09 THEN &SSN
- ELSE STRREP(&INSTRLEN, &SSN,1,',',6, &OR, 200, 'A200') || ''''';

Sorry. it should be &ssn. What this function trying to do is that when the user enters more than 1 ssn in a text box, s/he will be using comma(,) to seperate them and I am trying to have it removed and replaced with an OR with open single and close quotes around them.


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hammo1j
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STRREP(&INSTRLEN, &INSTR | ' ',1,',',6, &OR, 200, 'A200') || ''''';


In DM function calls where an Alpha type is required always concat a blank to force it to alpha type. ASIS is meant to do this as well but does not work.

In your example dm takes string '123456789' and converts it to a double precision value despite the single quotes.

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hammo1j
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CAN WE PLEASE HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IN THE MANUAL SOMETIME PLEASE OR EVEN A CHECKER IN DS.

SO MANY PEOPLE END UP WASTING ABOUT HALF A DAY OVER THIS MATTER. ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I HAD A SIMILAR PROB WITH CHKFMT AND I SOLVED IT, BUT WHILE I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SOLUTION, I FELT LIKE GOING OUT AND JOINING JOHN RAMBO AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF SOCIETY.


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serenekk
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Thanks so much. It worked now. Hammo1j is correct. I am sure alot of people that are not at the guru level like me may even spend more than half a day trying to look at the function to debug.
Thanks so much.


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Tony A
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The clue is in the function that you are trying to use. STRREP is for replacing one part of a string with another string.

So when you try and pass in a value of 123456789, it is treated as a numeric value not an alphanumeric string. Enclose the 123456789 in singles quotes and you should be on your way.

T

John,

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Hua
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Hi

Can anyone tell me what is wrong here? I want to strip the '/' if there is one.

-DEFAULT &FROMDATE = '04/20/10'
-DEFAULT &TODATE = '042110'
-SET &ECHO = ALL;
-TYPE &FROMDATE  &TODATE;
-SET &FROMDATE = STRREP(&FROMDATE.LENGTH, '&FROMDATE', 1, '/', 0,'X', 8, &FROMDATE);
-SET &TODATE = STRREP(&TODATE.LENGTH, '&TODATE', 1, '/', 0,'X', 8, &TODATE);
-TYPE &FROMDATE  &TODATE;
-EXIT  


-TYPE 04/20/10  042110;
 04/20/10  042110;
 -SET &FROMDATE = STRREP(08, '04/20/10', 1, '/', 0,'X', 8, 04/20/10);
 -SET &TODATE = STRREP(06, '042110', 1, '/', 0,'X', 8, 042110);
 -TYPE &FROMDAT  &TODAT;
 &FROMDAT  &TODAT;
 -EXIT


Thanks.

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njsden
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Try this:

-DEFAULT &FROMDATE = '04/20/10'
-DEFAULT &TODATE  = '042110'
-SET &ECHO = ALL;
-TYPE &FROMDATE  &TODATE
-SET &FROMDATE = STRREP(&FROMDATE.LENGTH, &FROMDATE.QUOTEDSTRING | '', 1, '/', 0,'X', &FROMDATE.LENGTH, 'A&FROMDATE.LENGTH');
-SET &TODATE   = STRREP(&TODATE.LENGTH, &TODATE.QUOTEDSTRING | '', 1, '/', 0,'X', &FROMDATE.LENGTH, 'A&TODATE.LENGTH');
-TYPE &FROMDATE  &TODATE


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njsden
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&TODATE.QUOTEDSTRING | ''


This is to force DM to "see" the value in &TODATE as a string and not to interpret it as a number.

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njsden
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&FROMDATE.QUOTEDSTRING | ''


Of course, the same should be applicable to &FROMDATE as well. I've edited the code I had posted to reflect that change.

Hope that helps!

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Hua
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Thank you, Neftali.

A&FROMDATE.LENGTH is the key. While I was playing with the 2nd arguement to ensure its value as string, the results are inconsistent without the last one as alpha format.


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njsden
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You're welcome Hua. I'm glad it worked. Would you mind closing this topic?

Best,
Neftali.


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