{"id":17162,"date":"2019-02-27T11:30:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/?p=17162"},"modified":"2019-02-27T09:19:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T09:19:31","slug":"extracting-a-variable-length-amount-from-a-file-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/2019\/02\/27\/extracting-a-variable-length-amount-from-a-file-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracting a variable length amount from a file line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There might be a situation where we would need to read a file and extract a variable length amount from a line. So, consider an example string\/file line- \u201cabcdef1122,52pqr\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Here the amount which we need to extract is \u201c1122,52\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Refer the below code snippet-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/extract-variable-length.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/extract-variable-length.png\" alt=\"extract variable length\" width=\"320\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/extract-variable-length.png 320w, https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/extract-variable-length-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here,<\/p>\n<p>First, we find the position of \u201c,\u201d and store it in a variable YCOM.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we extract the amount from its starting position which in this case is 7 to the postion of \u201c,\u201d plus the number of decimals there are going to be which in this case is 2, therefore YCOM+2.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this blog helps!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: Medium;\"><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/\">Greytrix<\/a> \u2013 a globally recognized Premier Sage Gold Development Partner is a one-stop solution provider for Sage ERP and Sage CRM needs. 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