replacing substring with predefined variable in crystal reports

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<</b>Hi

I am facing a problem crystal reportwhen defining custom formula in
example
if i have defined
x1="one"
x2="two"
.
.
.
a='21'
b="x"+left(a,1)+" only"

if i print string b the result is x1 only

how do i get 'one only' if i print string b since x1="one"

guys plz help
thanks in advance

Posted 4-Jul-13 5:26am

PRADEaZX

Updated 4-Jul-13 22:32pm

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PRADEaZX 8-Jul-13 6:21am

Thanks Samresh it worked

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Samresh.ss · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-04T23:41:00

Solution 1

I would suggest using an array of x to save "one", "two" and so on

so then you would have
x[0] = "one"
x[1] = "two"
.
.
.

so when you print b
have value of b as

b = x[Convert.ToInt32(left(a, 1)) -1] + " only"; //index out of range checks

Posted 4-Jul-13 23:41pm

Samresh.ss