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Substr Function

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I have a script that "walks" through all the records in an Access database table to find the largest file ID number. This script has been working correctly. Now I need to add a prefix to all the ID numbers. This requires me to modify my script so it ignores the one character prefix (prefix is either a "T" or a "Y"). I was trying to use the Substr function to accomplish this.

This is the original script that works:


while(!oDB.isEOF()){

 if(xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value > nMaxID)

  nMaxID = Number(xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value);

 oDB.next();

}

Below is how I tried to modify the script above to ignore the prefix but I get an error that says Substr is not defined. What have I got wrong?


while(!oDB.isEOF()){

 if(xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value > nMaxID)

  nMaxID = Number(Substr(xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value,2,12);

 oDB.next();

}

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DKinsleyAuthor

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Thank you. I will give it a try. My concern is that the vValue will not find the largest number in the database column when each value starts with text ("T" or "F"). Example T1012 or F1013

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radzmar

Level 10

Here'e the complete script I was thinking of.


while (!oDB.isEOF()) {   

  if (xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value > nMaxID) {

       var vValue = xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value;

       nMaxID = Number(vValue.substr(1,12));

  }

  oDB.next();

}

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DKinsleyAuthor

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Thanks for your help. When you can, please post what your script should look like.

Thank you

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radzmar

Level 10

Yes, the code got a bit flawed by copy and paste at my mobile I'm afraid :-O

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DKinsleyAuthor

Level 9

I am mistaken. The script above is still not working correctly.

radzmar: your script does not include "substr" - is it missing or can I use Number(vValue, 2, 5) the same way as substr ?

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DKinsleyAuthor

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This is now working. Thank you to all the responders for helping me solve this issue.

This works:


while(!oDB.isEOF()){

 if(xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value > nMaxID)

  nMaxID = Number(xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value.substr(1,12));

  Test.rawValue = nMaxID;

 oDB.next();

}

Thank you!

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DKinsleyAuthor

Level 9

radzmar,

Your script does not have substr in it? Is it missing?

The script is going out to the database and looking for the largest number. The numbers start with either "T" or "Y" so I need to have the script ignore the first text character and only look at the remaining numeric digits. I would thing the substr would need to be run before the value is saved in a variable.

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radzmar

Level 10

I'm just quessing because I cannot create a similar scenario at my end right now, but you should try to store the records value in a variable before you apply the substr() method.


while(!oDB.isEOF()){  

if(xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value > nMaxID) 

var vValue = xfa.record.DataConnection1.FileName.value;

nMaxID = Number(vValue, 2,12);  

oDB.next(); 

}