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Stripping a Dash - MEDITECH String Manipulation

Posted by John Sharpe on Fri, May 15, 2009 @ 11:01 AM
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You've added the dashes '-' to a field; but what about removing them?

To remove the dashes from a MEDITECH field (social security number, or phone number), you can use tokens and the NOT operator like this:

"123-45-6789"^/SSN,
/SSN'#1A'#1A^/SSN
Result: /SSN = 123456789

OR

/SSN'#1A^/SSN
Result: /SSN = 12345-6789

/SSN'#1A^/SSN
Result: /SSN = 123456789

OR

DO{/SSN#L(/SSN,"-") /SSN'#1A^/SSN}
Result: /SSN = 123456789


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Removing a Space

Posted by John Sharpe on Thu, May 14, 2009 @ 11:06 AM
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/VARIABLE:0S^/VARIABLE trims the LEADING & TRAILING spaces from a variable. But what if that last character looks like a space? And /VARIABLE still appears to have a space at the end of it?

Try /VARIABLE:0XS^/VARIABLE. The :0X will replace non-printable characters with a space. Adding the 'S' to :0X trims the space added by :0X.

Next time you're trying to remove spaces from the beginning or end of a value in NPR, try something like this: /VARIABLE:0XS^/VARIABLE.

Example 1: VAL=(@pt.first.name:0XS)_" "_(@pt.last.name:0XS)

Example 2: IF{@rich.text.line:0XS^/REPORT.LINE_.'=. /REPORT.LINE;"NO TEXT FOUND"}


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Using Find and Replace to Reformat Output

Posted by John Sharpe on Thu, May 07, 2009 @ 09:45 AM
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The billing extract you’ve just sent to a payer has been rejected. There are quotes in the data, and they must be removed in order for your file to be processed.



You update the NPR extract and resend. This time everything goes through.

Read the rest here in the latest issue of the Meditech Bulletin: Reformatting NPR Report Output Using Find & Replace.


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Find And Replace String

Posted by John Sharpe on Tue, Mar 24, 2009 @ 10:06 AM
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Ever needed to replace a character in a report's output?

Next time you do, try something like this:

{";",":",/TXT}^@STRING.FIND.REPLACE^/TXT

STRING.FIND.REPLACE
; Input(s): /PARAMS
; Output(s): /STRING
; Author: John Sharpe
; Usage: {@QUOTE,"`",/TXT}^@STRING.FIND.REPLACE^/TXT
/PARAMS,/PARAMS|0^FIND,/PARAMS|1^REPLACE,/PARAMS|2^STRING,
DO{STRING#(L(STRING,FIND)^P) (STRING$P)_REPLACE_(STRING%P)^STRING},
STRING^/STRING

QUOTE
D(34)


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Upper Casing NPR Selects

Posted by John Sharpe on Tue, Mar 04, 2008 @ 01:11 PM
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When users of an NPR report need to enter a known free text value in a select and you want to make sure the value is always upper-cased:

MAGIC: c.xx.type~$L.TO.U^c.xx.type
CS: c.xx.type@Tr.l2u^c.xx.type


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Formatting MEDITECH Time as HHMMSS

Posted by John Sharpe on Fri, Feb 08, 2008 @ 01:26 PM
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$TIME(@.sd)^TIME,(TIME$2^HH)_((TIME%2)$2^MM)_(TIME%5^SS)^TIME


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MEDITECH Magic Case Conversion

Posted by John Sharpe on Thu, Jan 05, 2006 @ 01:52 PM
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The MEDITECH System does not have regular expressions, but it does have translation strings which function much like regular expressions.

Upper Case Conversion: "Alphabet"~$L.TO.U results in "ALPHABET"

Lower Case Conversion: "Alphabet"~$U.TO.L results in "alphabet"


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