LastComponent

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New in version 2.x of Commando

EasyHL7 Object

EHL7.EHL7Message

Method

LastComponent(hSegment, nFieldNumber)

Parameters

(see below)

Returns

Long (the last component in the field which contains data)

Example

nComponent = oMSG.LastComponent(strPIDHandle, 5 )  -- returns component index of the last component in the patient name field which has a value

 

Name: LastComponent()

 

Parameters: 

1) hSegment (Segment Handle)

2) nFieldNumber (Long) index of the data field in the segment (1-xxx) to get value from

 

       

Returns: Number (Long)

 

Description: Returns component index of the last component in the field which has a value.  If an error occurs IsError is set to true and the function returns -1.  If the field is empty the function returns 0

 

 

For further information, please see the EasyHL7 documentation http://www.hermetechnz.com/Documentation/EasyHL7/index.html.