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    Posted: 07 Dec 2012 at 1:04am
Hi all,

I have a question. I have a field which contains the following information

EUR(5) / EUR BN : *********(SM) / FRM PAY FILE WK 48 / ******** /

Now I need to split up this information into different fields. I need the information between the second and the third /, and I need the information between the third and fourth /. I don't know exactly how to do this.

Can anyone help me with this? Any help would be highly appreciated

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Quote hilfy Replybullet Posted: 07 Dec 2012 at 4:17am
This is not too difficult.  It will look something like this to get the text between the second and third /:
 
NumberVar slashAt;
StringVar result := {MyTable.MyField};
 
//find the first slash
slashAt := InStr(result, "/");
//get the second slash
slashAt := InStr(slashAt + 1, result, "/");
//get the first part of the substring
result := mid(result, slashAt + 1);
//find the third slash
slashAt := InStr(result, "/");
//get the final result
result := left(result, slashAt - 1);
result
 
You should be able to figure out how to get the other part from here - it will need to be in a separate formula from this one.
 
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Quote Gurbs Replybullet Posted: 07 Dec 2012 at 7:38am
Thank you for you help, this formula works. But I can't seem to get the other formula working. No matter how I alter it, it keeps giving me the same result as the current formula
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Quote hilfy Replybullet Posted: 07 Dec 2012 at 8:35am
After you get the location of the second slash, you need to get the location of the third slash.  From there, the rest of the formula is the same.  So, it will look something like this (added code in italics):
 
NumberVar slashAt;
StringVar result := {MyTable.MyField};
//find the first slash
slashAt := InStr(result, "/");
//get the second slash
slashAt := InStr(slashAt + 1, result, "/");
//get the third slash
slashAt := InStr(slashAt + 1, result, "/");
//get the first part of the substring
result := mid(result, slashAt + 1);
//find the fourth slash
slashAt := InStr(result, "/");
//get the final result
result := left(result, slashAt - 1);
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Quote Gurbs Replybullet Posted: 08 Dec 2012 at 4:00am
When I put this in my second formula, I get an error in the first formula saying

"String length is less than 0 or not an integer"

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//get the final result
result := left(result, slashAt - 1);
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Quote hilfy Replybullet Posted: 10 Dec 2012 at 3:08am

So, you need to check to see whether slashAt is > 0.  If it is, use Left() on the result.  If it isn't, just use the result as is.

 
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