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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Joe and Wolfgang,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for both of the suggestions. I am initially going with the curly brace solution as I have users entering their rules through Guvnor and changing to from mvel is a bit more of a pain than teaching them to use the braces.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not that my application is super-intense, but would I expect better performance from either method?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Again, Thank you guys for the rapid response and great solution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joe White<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 19, 2011 1:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rules Users List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [rules-users] String.format question in the RHS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I got it to work in mvel. You need to pass the second argument as an mvel array (note the curly braces) for it to recognize the method signature. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here is a rule that works for me:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>import</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> java.util.Map;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>import</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> java.util.ArrayList;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>import</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> java.util.List;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>import</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> java.lang.String;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>import</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> com.recondotech.droolsTest.TestInput;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>import</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> com.recondotech.droolsTest.TestConts;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>import</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> com.recondotech.droolsTest.TestMap;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>dialect</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>"mvel"</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>rule</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>"map list test rule"</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>salience</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> 155</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>when</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> TestInput(val : val!=</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>null</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>then</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> String result = String.format(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>"%010d"</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>,{val});</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> System.out.println(result);</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000'>end</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org">rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org]">[mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wolfgang Laun<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 19, 2011 9:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Rules Users List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [rules-users] String.format question in the RHS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Do not use dialect "mvel". <br>-W<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2011/8/19 Dean Whisnant <<a href="mailto:dean@basys.com">dean@basys.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Can anyone see an issue with the following RHS? The String.format is failing. I’ve copied it straight into java to verify my intentions and it works there.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>What I’m trying to accomplish is to concatenate the string UH005 with a sequence number that is a fixed 10 digits, zero filled. So if CurrentClaimSeq_48 is the number 123, then I expect that TRN02_Check… would be populated with UH0050000000123.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Again, this is working fine in straight java, but not in a rule. What am I missing? Is there a better way to try to accomplish this in a rule?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:red'>rule</span> <span style='color:green'>"L1000_TRN02_UHC_BPA"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span style='color:red'>dialect</span> <span style='color:green'>"mvel"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span style='color:red'>when</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> CLM_835_SUPP( seq : currentClaimSeq_48 != ( <span style='color:red'>null</span> ) )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> CLM_DET_LOAD( )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> trn : x221Trans<span style='color:red'>action</span>Header_TRN_ReassociationTraceNumber( )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span style='color:red'>then</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> trn.setTRN02_CheckOrEftTraceNumber( <span style='color:green'>"UH005"</span> + String.format (<span style='color:green'>"%010d"</span>, seq) );<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:red'>end</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here are the data types of the two fields involved.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055'>private</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> Integer </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0000C0'>CurrentClaimSeq_48</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055'>public</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> String </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0000C0'>TRN02_CheckOrEftTraceNumber</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Dean</span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>rules-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org">rules-users@lists.jboss.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users" target="_blank">https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>