Increment Code variable-Error

nazu

Hi Experts,

Please help me with following situation

I have a code variable sat cd:='A001'.I want to increment it till 'A0015'.

How do increment?I used the strlen(cd)+1.but when the output reaches till A0010 it displayes some vague cahracters.Please help

kapamarou

If you think about it, this is how number series work. So look at codeunit NoSeriesManagement and you'll find an answer there.

nazu

Thanks for the answer.I trued using that .I used the function getnextno.Bt it is not working

kapamarou

nazu wrote:

Bt it is not working

Then there is something wrong...
Can you show us what you've written?

Belias

this can't work...if you start with A001 the serie will go from A001 to A010 and then all the way through A999...you can't add one more character...
if you want A0015, you have to start your number serie from A0001, not from A001...

nazu

How about A015?

Say example there is a field called ext.ref no

"Ext. Reference No."[STRLEN("Ext. Reference No.")]:=
"Ext. Reference No."[STRLEN("Ext. Reference No.")] + 1;
and based on certain parameter it ahs to be incremented.Say i give the ext as 'A001' and i give the other paramenter as 4.so it should generate from A001 to A016.The numbers are getting generated bt from A010 it is showing as A0&8(some symbol afte A).

Belias

:shock:
this code comes directly from the hell...you have to learn the basic principles of NAV before writing code...i can't correct your code because it's completely wrong: square brackets...you have to study the manuals, ask a senior developer, see what standard code does, see online help...

kapamarou

nazu wrote:

"Ext. Reference No."[STRLEN("Ext. Reference No.")]:=
"Ext. Reference No."[STRLEN("Ext. Reference No.")] + 1;

This is translated (probably) to:

From "Ext. Reference No." take character at position x and turn it to the character represented by x + 1 in the current set.

kapamarou wrote:

look at codeunit NoSeriesManagement and you'll find an answer there.

Did you follow that advice? There is a call to INCSTR in that codeunit.

kriki

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nazu

I m nt getting it.i cant use directly incstr & getnextno throws an error

kine

throws an error

Which one?

nazu

cd:='A0001';
cduno.GetNextNo(cd,today,true);
It says A001 doesnt exist

kine

Yes, of course, the parameter is Number Series code, not number to increment... ;-) if you want to increment the string, use INCSTR function.

nazu

I am not able to increment the code value.The code value is given manually say A0001.How do i increment.

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kapamarou

Have you read any of the documentation? Is there anyone experienced in your company to help you? :-k

kine

nazu wrote:

I am not able to increment the code value.The code value is given manually say A0001.How do i increment.

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Have you even read my reply?

Sog

nazu wrote:

I am not able to increment the code value.The code value is given manually say A0001.How do i increment.

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kine wrote:

If you want to increment the string, use INCSTR function.

A0002 := incstr(a00001);
A0010 := incstr(a00009);
and so on and so forth.
The answer has been given, but please tell me you are working on this for training and not for a customer.
(how to find incstr, in the code page, press F5, you can see 3 columns, in the first, search for SYSTEM, in the second, search for String, and you'll find all your (handy) string functions in the 3th column, a question about any variable in these columns, stand on it and press F1! )

Belias

Sog wrote:

........(how to find incstr, in the code page, press F5, you can see 3 columns, in the first, search for SYSTEM, in the second, search for String, and you'll find all your (handy) string functions in the 3th column, a question about any variable in these columns, stand on it and press F1! )

you could have simply said: "read my signature!" (pressing F1 is so much faster...)