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May
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Hi,

When I generated report with Excel format, there was a data contains '&', but it displayed as '&'. But if I generated the same report with HTML format, the '&' can be displayed properly. Does anyone know how to solve it?

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May

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Francis Mariani
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May,

The & should display correctly in an EXL2K report.

This works:
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM SALES
COMPUTE TEXT/A20 = 'APPLES & ORANGES';
BY COUNTRY
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K
END

Maybe the problem is somewhere else.

What is the text that is displayed with &?


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Francis,

Here is the sample: GAMBLE MARVIN JAMES & DOLORES JTWROS. It should display as 'GAMBLE MARVIN JAMES & DOLORES JTWROS.

I am reading the data from WebService. Will it cause problem?


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Oh no, it displayed correcly when this reply posted.

It displayed as "GAMBLE MARVIN JAMES '& 'DOLORES JTWROS".


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It displayed correcly again.

My excel output looks like 'GAMBLE MARVIN JAMES & a m p; DOLORES JTWROS'. Of course no space between amp.


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Tony A
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You mean 'GAMBLE MARVIN JAMES & DOLORES JTWROS'?

The & is treated as a special character and will be expanded in HTML / XML output to &.

Try using HEXBYT or something similar to get the char through to your required output.

Bearing in mind that you will have created the original posting (and subsequent ones) via an HTML input form, I guess that you will continue to have difficulty with this.

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Francis Mariani
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& is the web code for &. To make it display properly in an html page (this forum) you need to code as 
&
The first & is to show the & character, the amp; is to show the rest.

Now, to the problem you're having - it seems WebFOCUS Web Services is returning &. One way to solve the problem is to use the STRREP function - "Replace Character Strings".

Try something like this:

DEFINE FILE CAR
TEST1/A100 = COUNTRY | ' &|amp; ' | CAR;
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
TEST1
COMPUTE TEST1X/A100 = STRREP(100, TEST1, 5, '&|amp;', 1,  
'&', 100, 'A100');

BY COUNTRY
BY CAR
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K
END


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Francis,

It is working. Thank you so much.

May


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