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ta2007
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Is there a simple way to display the actual < character inside of a header

I have a scenario where Users select a sign in the criteria page and then enter a numeric value in a separate input field. In the report, I need to redisplay the sign they selected as well as its value in the header to document their selected criteria. Works well for anything but < or <=. Those are interpreted as WF looking for a field after the < sign.

Code example:

-SET &SIGN = '<';
-SET &UNIT_CNT = '10';
-SET &UNITHDR1 = 'Unit Count: ' | &SIGN | ' ' | &UNIT_CNT;

HEADING
"&UNITHDR1 "

The output I want is 'Unit Count: < 10'.

Ideas?

Thanks.

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Tom Flynn
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DEFINE FILE WHATEVER
-SET &UNIT_CNT = '10';
-SET &SIGN = '=';
-*SET &SIGN = '<';
-*SET &SIGN = '>';
-SET &XSIGN = DECODE &SIGN ('<' 60 '=' 61 '>' 62 ELSE 32);
  X_SIGN/A1 = HEXBYT(&XSIGN,'A1');
  UNIT_CNT/A4 = '&UNIT_CNT';
  HD_LINE1/A25 = 'Unit Count ' | X_SIGN | ' ' | UNIT_CNT;
END
TABLE FILE WHATEVER
HEADING
"<HD_LINE1"

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ta2007
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Thanks Tom!

Your earlier code worked. Once I understood I needed to use ascii char conversion/HEXBYT function to get the output desired, I was able to write the functional process.


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Welcome. EDITed the thread to show options, BUT, you got it.

Very Good...Tom


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BTW, Waz, from Australia, let me know about another, streamlined solution:

 
DEFINE FILE WHATEVER 
-SET &UNIT_CNT = '10';
-SET &SIGN = '<';
  HD_LINE1/A25 = 'Unit Count ' | '&SIGN ' | '&UNIT_CNT';
END
TABLE FILE WHATEVER
HEADING
"<HD_LINE1"


I tend to take the long and winding road...

THANKS WAZ


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ta2007
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Hmm, seems I tried something similiar to WAZ solution and it still didn't work. In runtime, the &SIGN conversion resulted in a field '10' not recognized error. However, I did not define a HD_LINE1 field - I tried to using &SIGN directly in heading area. Perhaps the use of the define field makes all the difference.

Very interesting to see the various approaches folks take in resolving an issue.

I appeciate all the suggestions.


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Tested for >, >=, <, <=, =:

-DEFAULT &SIGN = '<';
-DEFAULT &SALES = '13000';

-SET &OP1 = DECODE &SIGN('>=' 'GE', '>' 'GT', '<' 'LT', '<=' 'LE' ELSE 'EQ');

-SET &UNITHDR1 = 'SALES FILTER: <SIGN &SALES.EVAL';

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
COMPUTE SIGN/A2 = '&SIGN'; NOPRINT
SALES
BY COUNTRY
BY CAR
BY MODEL
WHERE SALES &OP1 &SALES
HEADING
"SALES REPORT"
"&UNITHDR1"
END


Francis


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quote:
Originally posted by Tom Flynn:
... 
-SET &UNIT_CNT = '10';
-SET &SIGN = '<';
  HD_LINE1/A25 = 'Unit Count ' | '&SIGN ' | '&UNIT_CNT';
...


You don't need the catenation. Just
HD_LINE1/A25 = 'Unit Count < 10';
will do.

If those are run-time parameters, use
HD_LINE1/A25 = 'Unit Count &SIGN &UNIT_CNT';
which boils down to the same thing, after amper vars are substituted.

The main thing is to make the "<" sign part of the value of a report variable and embed the report variable in the heading, rather than making "<" part of the fixed text of the heading line; dialog manager, amper variables, and catenation to isolate the "<" are not required.


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