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vidyaa
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Hi,
How to concatenate 'n' number of varibles using rexx. The n may vary for each record
ex: A||B||C can be done for simple 3 fields if u know them
what if i have 'n' fileds and need to concatenate.
please provide help on the same. |
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expat
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| Then you will need some logic to find the number of WORDS that make up the record. |
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Pedro
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| Can you give a few examples of your records and also examples of the desired concatenation. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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| The n may vary for each record |
just explain how You are going to parse the record,
and we will be able to tell how to rebuild it |
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expat
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Looks like one for Dick "Sherlock" Scherrer and the case of the missing poster  |
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enrico-sorichetti
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if instead of asking single disconnected questions Yo' d tell what You want to do
You might get better answers |
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dick scherrer
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Elementary, my dear Expat. . .
'Tis early and the TS may not yet be afoot. . .
If we wait here in our rooms, surely a visitor will bring news.
Besides, Mrs. Hudson has laid on an excellent meal and we should dine before concerning ourselves further.
SH |
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Marso
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The following is a correct answer, but does it apply for you ???
That's why, again, we always ask to post examples!
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/* data is in a stem variable */
concatstr = ''
do X = 1 to stemvar.0
concatstr = concatstr stemvar.X
end |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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Marso,
your code will cause spaces between the concatenated strings.
the OP used || which would preclude spaces. |
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expat
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| dick scherrer wrote: |
Elementary, my dear Expat. . .
'Tis early and the TS may not yet be afoot. . .
If we wait here in our rooms, surely a visitor will bring news.
Besides, Mrs. Hudson has laid on an excellent meal and we should dine before concerning ourselves further.
SH |
Well, you certainly brought a smile to my face as your reply reminded me of an old Sherlock Holmes joke, but I don't think that this forum is the correct place to go into the 'lemon entry my dear Watson' punchline
Thanks Dick. |
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Pedro
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| The original poster asked about fields in a record, but did not explain the record format. As far as I am concerned, the original record ALREADY has the fields concatenated. |
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