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Sherly
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Hi
I tried to convert an integer field(I11) (201501) to an alpha or a date. I need to get the format of January 2015. I tried different functions and nothing seems to work. Can anyone help me. Below is the functions I used to get the date.

COMPUTE PCPYear3 /A4 = EDIT(PGIP_PHYSCIANSLIST,'9999');
COMPUTE PGIP_MONTH/I2 = DTPART(PGIP_PHYSCIANSLIST, MONTH);
COMPUTE PGIP_YEAR/I4 = DTPART(PGIP_PHYSCIANSLIST, YEAR);
COMPUTE PGIPYear1/YYM =PGIP_PHYSCIANSLIST;
COMPUTE PGIPYear = SUBSTR(6,PGIP_PHYSCIANSLIST,1,4,4,'A4');

Thanks,
Sherly
The version I am using is 8.1.05
Windows 7 Enterprise

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WebFocus 8.x
Hyperstage
 
Posts: 6 | Registered: June 16, 2015Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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DEFINE FILE CAR
MY_INT_FIELD/I11 WITH COUNTRY = 201501;

MY_YYMI/I6YYM = MY_INT_FIELD;
MY_YYM/YYM = MY_YYMI;
END

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
SALES
MY_INT_FIELD
MY_YYMI
MY_YYM
BY COUNTRY
END


Francis


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Sherly
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Hi Francis,
Do I need to hardcode the value of the date?
I tried the code below and the code failed

CStart_DT/I11 WITH PGIP_PHYSCIANSLIST = 201507;
My value should come from the table.

Sherly


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Vivian
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Hi Sherly,

You might find answers to all those pesky date questions in Almost 1001 Ways to Work with Dates in WebFOCUS -- a handy book filled with examples! Available at www.aviter.com.


Vivian Perlmutter
Aviter, Inc.


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(Almost) 1001 Ways to Work with Dates thru Rel. 8.0.2
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Tom Flynn
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Hi Sherly,
Welcome to the WebFOCUS Forum.

Try this:

COMPUTE DATE0/I6YYM = PGIP_PHYSCIANSLIST;
COMPUTE DATE1/A6YYM = EDIT(DATE0);
COMPUTE MONTH_YR/A17 = LCWORD(17, CHGDAT('YYMD','MXYY',DATE1,'A17') ,'A17');


Tom Flynn
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Sherly
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it is working. Thank you so much for your help
Sherly


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Waz
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Hi Sherly,

Can you update the title of your first port in this thread to add [CLOSED] or [SOLVED] if you are happy with the answer.


Waz...

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Francis Mariani
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"Do I need to hardcode the value of the date"

Sherly, since the CAR file doesn't have a date column, I had to concoct one. Of course the data can come from an existing column.


Francis


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