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ALPHA2RUNNR

Script Function: Converts the name of a job or report file to a RunID

Syntax

ALPHA2RUNNR(String)

Syntax	Description/Format
String	7-figure string (letters) Format: script literal or script variable

Return code
Run number (RunID)

Comments

The script function converts a string consisting of 7 letters to a RunID.

When jobs and job reports are stored in the file system, their file names contain the run number (RunID) of the particular job in form of a 7-figure string (letters). Example for a job report in Windows: OGMITAEV.TXT. "O" indicates the job report, "GMITAEV" is the string of the converted RunID 2000061045. In order to process the file names in a script, the string can again be converted to the 10-figure RunID with ALPHA2RUNNR.

With the script function RUNNR2ALPHA, the 10-figure RunID is converted to a 7-figure string (letters).

Example

In this example, the 7-figure string is determined from the file name and output in the activation log.

:SET &ALPHA# = MID("JAADMXZT.TXT", 2, 7)
:SET &RET# = ALPHA2RUNNR(&ALPHA#)
:PRINT "RunID: &RET#"