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kitten
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I've been trying to concatenate these two fields for two days now. Someone please come to my rescue!!!!

First I tried to convert the P16 to an A16:
CRSNUM/A16=PTOA( CRSE_NUMBER , '(A16)', CRSENUM);

Then I concatenated:
CRSTYPEEN/A20=CRSE_TYPE || ('-' | CRSNUM);

MY results:
GRAD-
only the CRSE_TYPE value appear. However, when I print the CRSE_NUMBER field without
converting it to alpha the field prints. It's a 1 or 2 position field. Could it be the
blank spaces. I made sure to format the define as A20.

I also tried the following:
D_CRSNUM/D16=CRSE_NUMBER;
CRSNUM/A16=FTOA( D_ITNUM, '(D16)', CRSNUM);
CRSTYPEEN/A20=CRSE_TYPE || ('-' | CRSNUM);

I got the same results.

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kitten
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Oops the second attempt should be:
D_CRSNUM/D16=CRSE_NUMBER;
CRSNUM/A16=FTOA( D_CRSNUM, '(D16)', CRSNUM);
CRSTYPEEN/A20=CRSE_TYPE || ('-' | CRSNUM);


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Francis Mariani
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I prefer using a newish function called FPRINT.

The syntax is 
FPRINT(in_value, 'usageformat', output)
Try 
CRSNUM/A16 = FPRINT(CRSE_NUMBER , 'P16', 'A16');
CRSTYPEEN/A20 = CRSE_TYPE || '-' || CRSNUM;

There will be leading blanks in CRSNUM, the second || should take of it.


Francis


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Here are my results: Its only showing the 1st digit of a 2 digit number when concatenated.

CRSE_TYPE CRSE_NUMBER CRSNUM CRSTYPEEN
GRAD 2 2 GRAD-
UNGR 0 0 UNGR-
GRAD 1 1 GRAD-
GRAD 13 13 GRAD-1


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I tried to show the output but the formatting was lost. Hope this helps.


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Francis Mariani
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Like program code, put the output within 
[code]
here 
[/code]
tags.

Please confirm the field formats for CRSE_TYPE and CRSE_NUMBER.


Francis


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Francis Mariani
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OK, A20 isn't wide enough for 4 + 1 + 16 and FPRINT always outputs leading blanks that don't get squeezed out with ||.

This should work:

DEFINE FILE CAR
CRSE_NUMBER/P16 = WIDTH;
CRSE_TYPE/A4V = EDIT(COUNTRY, '9999');

CRSTYPEEN/A30 = CRSE_TYPE || '-' || LJUST(16, FPRINT(CRSE_NUMBER , 'P16', 'A16'), 'A16');
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CRSE_NUMBER
CRSE_TYPE
CRSTYPEEN
END


Francis


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That worked......THANKS A MILLION!!!!!!!


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Francis Mariani
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You're welcome kitten. (I've been itching to say that!)


Francis


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FPRINT saves the day again.

FYI

You could also have used FTOA or PTOA, but the format parameters needs to be Fnn.n or Pnn.n


Waz...

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