CUT-RIGHT Function

Truncating a defined number of characters from a source string - counting from the right..

Purpose

For truncating a defined number of characters from a source string – counting from the right. If the source string’s length is less than the defined number to be cut, an empty string is returned. The source string can be a static string value or a reference to a data element.

Format

CUT-RIGHT (source-value, targeted-length)

Example

The following config entry in am HL7DataTransformer handler cuts the last 4 digits (the time-portion) of the PID-7 field of an HL7 record, and assign the remaining (date portion of the original date-time) to variable %1.

<Parameter>
  <!-- CUT-RIGHT Example -->
  <Name>transformation-rule</Name>
  <Value>%1=>CUT-RIGHT($PID-7, "4")</Value>
</Parameter>
InputOutcome
PID|||||||200108071220||%1=”20010807″

Related

Nil.