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rray9895
Silver Member
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Hey guys,

I am having an issue where I need a less than symbol in a define file that I am concatenating.

So if I want to print when I run the report I would expect this code below to work.

 DEFINE FILE CAR
CODE/A26 = '<'|'test'|'>';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT *
CODE
END


However, the < symbol is used to print fields in Heading and Footings when used in conjunction with a field name. In my example code, it is looking for a field called test> and prints nothing when it can't find it.

Things I have tried:
1. Searching the forums

The only result I'm getting is related to putting the less than symbol in a heading. I need my report to have it in a define file.

2. HEXBYT 
 DEFINE FILE CAR
CODE/A26 = HEXBYT(60,'A1')|'test'|'>';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT *
CODE
END
-EXIT


This gives me the same error. The report still interprets the "<" as a request for a field called "test>" and displays nothing.

3. Storing < in a different define file variable
 DEFINE FILE CAR
LT_CHAR/A1 = '<';
CODE/A26 = LT_CHAR|'test'|'>';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT *
CODE
END
-EXIT


Different approach, same results. At this point, I don't know what else I can try. Does anyone here have any ideas?

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Posts: 47 | Registered: October 22, 2014Report This Post
David Briars
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quote:
Does anyone here have any ideas?


Given your first example, you can turn on HTML encoding, to encode the 'test HTML tag':
DEFINE FILE CAR
 CODE/A26 = '<'|'test'|'>';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT *
      CODE
ON TABLE SET HTMLENCODE ON
END
 
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rray9895
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Thank you so much. This looks like it is doing exactly what I need!


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