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06.11.2008 at 04:43PM PDT, ID: 23477852
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Crystal Reports XI string function problem

Asked by chamlight in Crystal Reports Software, Databases Miscellaneous, Business Objects

Tags: crystal reports, XI

I'm trying to do a string manipulation in CR XI R2 and it's not working for me.  It's probably simple and I'm overcomplicating it.

I have a string value (named "itemCode") composed of letters and numbers which I pass into a formula field with the attached code.  I need to conditionally "truncate" or cut a certain number of the last characters off and display them (truncated and full) in my report.  In most of my cases the code works, but with a value of R4.0022, I would like to end up with R4.002 but what I'm getting is R4.00. The line that is causing me problems is:
if {chaProducts.itemCode} like "*.????" then replace({chaProducts.itemCode},right({chaProducts.itemCode},1),"")

It seems to replace the number 2 wherever it finds it, but I only want it to cut off the final 2.  So I would like to replace the 2 only once, starting at the end.  I know I can tell a "replace" function how many times to replace a string but can I tell it to start looking at the end of the string and work backwards?  Another clever function perhaps?  Any help would be appreciated.
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if {chaProducts.itemCode} like "*.000?" then replace({chaProducts.itemCode},right({chaProducts.itemCode},5),"")
    else if {chaProducts.itemCode} like "*.????" then replace({chaProducts.itemCode},right({chaProducts.itemCode},1),"")
        else {chaProducts.itemCode}
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