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I want to have a dropdown that contains a list of problems. I want the list to just have the description followed by the code like:

ASTHMA, ACUTE (ICD-493.92)

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITHOUT MYELOPATHY (ICD-721.0)

I could just use PROB_PRIOR("comma") as the MEL expression that results in a comma separated list. But, then the dropdown options will be

ASTHMA

ACUTE (ICD-493.92)

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITHOUT MYELOPATHY (ICD-721.0)

I've seen a CCC-CPOE A&P form that has this. Anyone know how to accomplish it?

--jrea

Posted : April 18, 2013 1:50 am

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try REPLACESTR(REPLACESTR(PROB_PRIOR("list"), ",", " -"), hret, ",")

Posted : April 18, 2013 1:55 am

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Thanks Jerroll. I've done something very similar to this already, but I'd like to keep the problem description the same (i.e. without changing comma to hyphen). That way, I change check against problems with the same description and code, and do things like add assessments, etc.

There is a CCC form called CPOE A&P that somehow has dropdown choices that include commas. I'm really not sure yet how they accomplished this, but I'd like to figure it out.

Posted : April 18, 2013 4:33 am

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ok...

try REPLACESTR(REPLACESTR(PROB_PRIOR("list"), ",", "\,"), hret, ",")

Posted : April 18, 2013 4:37 am

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holy cow, that works!

If I put that into a data display, I get:

CHRONIC MIGRAINE W/O AURA W/INTRACTABLE W/SM (ICD-346.73),MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (ICD-340),ASTHMA\, EXERCISE INDUCED (ICD-493.81),

But, the drop down options look like:

CHRONIC MIGRAINE W/O AURA W/INTRACTABLE W/SM (ICD-346.73)

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (ICD-340)

ASTHMA, EXERCISE INDUCED (ICD-493.81)

I have no idea where that backslash goes, but I guess it really doesn't matter....

Thanks jjordet.

Thanks

Posted : April 18, 2013 6:11 am

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don't do the outer REPLACESTR when putting it into a data display.

Posted : April 18, 2013 6:18 am

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Yea, I just wanted to put it into a data display to confirm that the slash was still in the string. For a dynamic dropdown, you're trying to create a string with elements separated by commas right? So how does the "\" disappear for the dropdown option?

Posted : April 18, 2013 11:58 am

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the '\' means to treat the next character as a special character (\t = tab, \n\r = hret, \, = treat as part of string, \b = bold, \b0 = stop bolding, \\ = \, etc.). special characters show in data displays, but not in translations.

Posted : April 18, 2013 10:15 pm

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I see. sneaky.....

Posted : April 19, 2013 1:11 am

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Thanks Jerroll. Many thanks...

Posted : July 14, 2013 2:53 pm

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What about a listbox? This method works well for a dropdown. And, it will display the correct options for a listbox. However, when I select one of the listbox choices that contains a comma, it immediately deselects itself.

Any ideas?

Posted : July 29, 2013 11:55 pm

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sorry. never had that issue.

Posted : July 30, 2013 12:20 am

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