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Shubha Manjit
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The input variable can hold multiple values for JOBNO.
1.I want to read each unique value for JOBNO, 2. edit each of those values to display only the last 3 digits of the JOBNO
3.and display it on my graph.

To demonstrate in the form of an example.
Input values for JOBNO:
JOBNO1:AA123A
JOBNO2:AA123B
JOBNO3:BB123
JOBNO4:BB124

Output should look like:
23A,23B,123,124

I worked with many options but couldnt get to the result. Please could anybody help me with this. Help in the form of code would be really helpful.

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George Patton
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One of your issues is that the length of JOBNO is variable and you want the last 3 characters of the string.

The easiest way to extract these is to first use REVERSE on the entire JOBNO to get the 3 characters you want all lined up at the beginning of the string. (You may need to use LJUST to get strings over to the left after the REVERSE) Then use EDIT with a mask or SUBSTR to extract them. Then use REVERSE again on the 3-character extract to put them back in the correct order.

After that DEFINE a string long enough to hold all of your outputs and use LAST plus concatenation to build the list with the commas in between the last 3 characters of the job numbers.

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Francis Mariani
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An alternative to REVERSE is to Right Justify, then extract the substring - saves one step...


Francis


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George Patton
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Oooohhhh... Good point! Dumb ol' me.


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Shubha Manjit
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Thank you so much for this. It helped


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