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wlwright1
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I am fairly new to WF so excuse me if I am asking a dumb question. I searched the forums and only found converting dates to integers. I have a A5 field that we use to symbolize a specific error; ie ADD. I am looking to get a count of flags for a specific group of people and then sort descending.

Here is the code I am using right now with an edit in a define:
DEFINE FILE T_DB_ERROR_CNT
Flag_num/I6C=EDIT(T_DB_ERROR_CNT.T_DB_ERROR_CNT.FLAG);
FLAG_COUNT/I5C=IF Flag_num GE 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0;
END

Can someone take a look and help me out with this?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,


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Rao D
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ATODBL(source_string, length, output)

The above function converts Alpha field to Numeric


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Danny-SRL
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Warren,
What does your FLAG field contain? Numbers? Alpha values? I ask because of your "i.e. ADD".


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wlwright1
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The field could have numeric and alpha characters or a combination
Some choices would be:
ADD
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Y01


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Danny-SRL
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T_DB_ERROR_CNT.T_DB_ERROR_CNT.FLAG

This field being ALPHA, the EDIT function will return 0 when the contents is not a number.
So, if you SUM your Flag_num field you will get the number of FLAGs containing numbers only.
Is that what you wanted?


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wlwright1
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No i want it for all of them whether they have numbers or not. I think that is what my issue is that it is just doing the ones with numbers. Is there a way to get those that have just ALPHA in them as well?


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Use CHKFMT function.
In Dev Studio, click on Help, Contents, Search, type in CHKFMT, 1st listing...
hth


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wlwright1
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Tom - thanks I have tried as you suggested with the code below but when i run it the report is showing 0's all the way down for each flag.

COMPUTE FLAG_COUNT/I3 = CHKFMT(3, T_DB_ERROR_CNT.T_DB_ERROR_CNT.FLAG, 'XXX',FLAG_COUNT);

I could do a IF statement for flag saying that if FLAG_COUNT EQ 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0. Would that work?

Actually tried this and it goes back to the original issue that it counts everything that has ALPHA characters as a '1' but everything with a number as '0'


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I actually have resolved this. How do I close a thread on the forum?


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FrankDutch
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Try this

DEFINE FILE XXXX

NUM/I7=IF FLAG EQ 'ADD' THEN 1 ELSE 0;

END

TABLE FILE XXXX
SUM NUM
BY WHATEVER
END

or...

TABLE FILE XXXX
SUM CNT.FLAG
BY WHATEVER
ACROSS FLAG
END




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<Kathryn Henning>
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Hi wlwright1,

To close a thread on the forum, please reference Rule and Best Practices: Tag Your Topic with Keywords.

I've taken care of this one for you. Smiler

Cheers!

Kathryn
 
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