Detecting empty segments

[vpciii]

I'm parsing through an HL7 message containing multiple OBX segments. In some cases, the first OBX segment will only have an ID, but no other fields filled in. All of the other OBX segments will. What I can't seem to figure out is how to continue with the next OBX segment if a field is empty. Here is a snippet:

for each (obx in msg..OBX)
{
code = obx['OBX.3']['OBX.3.1'].text();
logger.info('Code was ' + code);

// move to next segment if no result
// doesn't work
if (obx['OBX.5']['OBX.5.1'] == null)
{
continue;
}

// no joy
if (obx['OBX.5']['OBX.5.1'].text() == null)
{
continue;
}

// no luck here either
if (obx['OBX.5']['OBX.5.1'].text() == "")
{
continue;
}
}

How can I move to the next OBX segment if a specific field in the current OBX segment is empty?

Thanks,
Vince

[nshaik]

Reetecting empty segments

http://www.mirthproject.org/index.ph...2&catid=2#3262

[vpciii]

Reetecting empty segments

Thanks! That helped point me in the right direction. This appears to work:

for each (obx in msg..OBX)
{

code = obx['OBX.3']['OBX.3.1'].text();

logger.info('Code was ' + code);



// move to next segment if no result

if (obx['OBX.5']['OBX.5.1'].text().length() <= 0)
{
logger.info('Continuing, no result');
continue;
}


}

The more I work with this project, the more impressed I am. Great work guys.

Vince

[nshaik]

Reetecting empty segments

Glad you got it working!

The more I work with this project, the more impressed I am. Great work guys.

Same here! If you have followed the phenomenal work they have been doing from 1.0 to the current release (the change requests, release, support, and most important of all the "price" ), you'll appreciate the dedication, effort, and the fantastic work WebReach team has been doing! Excellent work guys!