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field function
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:13 am
by subrat
Can anyone give me the correct Field function syntax please?
e.g
my req is to extrac "ASIA EUROPE" from a string. I am using below code
Lnk[Index(SurrFileslnk.COL1, "ASIA EUROPE", 1),256], " ", 1, 1)
but seems someting wrong with above
Please suggest
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:32 am
by chulett
Biggest problem I see is there's no
Field() function in your code.
To use Field to extract "X Y" from a space delimited string, you'll need to pull
two fields, not one... and you would need to know what
field number to start with, not the
position of the sub-string in the string. Perhaps you should just substring it out?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:34 am
by subrat
chulett wrote:Biggest problem I see is there's no
Field() function in your code.
To use Field to extract "X Y" from a space delimited string, you'll need to pull
two fields, not one... and ...
Sorry missed the Field
Field(Lnk[Index(SurrFileslnk.COL1, "ASIA EUROPE", 1),256], " ", 1, 1)
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:41 pm
by ray.wurlod
You don't need Field() at all. Once Index() has reported the location of the start of "ASIA EUROPE" extract an 11-character substring beginning at that position, provided that that position is not zero. Otherwise return "".