RE: Create lists - limit by number of chars?

["Jackson, Richard" <rjackson at huntington dot org>]

It sounds like you could do this with a regular expression.  Without seeing an example of exactly what you're looking for, I'm not sure what would work.  However, assuming you're trying to find call numbers that consist of exactly 3 letters -- nothing before, nothing after -- try this:

	CALL #   matches   |a[a-z]{3}$

(This matches call numbers in which subfield code a is followed by exactly 3 letters, followed by the end of the field.)

Feel free to send me an example if this isn't quite what you're looking for.

Richard V. Jackson
Catalog Librarian / Database Manager
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, Calif. 91108
(626) 405-2100 x2384   rjackson at huntington dot org


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From: 	innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org]  On Behalf Of Andrew Welch
Sent:	Monday, December 20, 2004 10:10 AM
To:	innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject:	Create lists - limit by number of chars?

Has anyone found a way to successfully limit a MARC field to a specified
number of characters when creating lists? I'm trying to isolate records
that were created under previous cataloging procedures in which the call
number for fiction was limited to the first 3 letters of the author's
last name. Is there a way to get the greater than/less than condition to
apply to the character count, rather than character value?

I've called III, who hesitantly said they didn't think this was
possible, but I'm hoping some crafty librarian out there has found a
way.

Thanks,



Andrew Welch
Library Systems Technician
Aurora Public Library
Aurora, CO 80012
303/739-6796
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