Kbase P82447: How to to delete an entry from a comma-separated character string ?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
28/01/2005 |
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Status: Unverified
GOAL:
How to to delete an entry from a comma-separated character string ?
FIX:
You may use a code like this:
DEFINE VARIABLE myString AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.
myString = "one,two,tree,four,five".
/*Assuming you want to delete the entry 3*/
SUBSTRING(myString, INDEX ( myString , ENTRY(3, mystring)) ,
(LENGTH (ENTRY(3, mystring))) + 1) = "".
MESSAGE myString
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