I might be simplifying this too much, but would it not be easier just to place a text box overtop of the first octet? Or hide the whole field and just grab the 2nd, 3rd and forth Octet and place it in a display only field.
Just my 2 cents. T. On 12/11/07, Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, so, after looking at this again, I don't think it will work this > way. > You need to add the result of the two STRSTR commands together, so you > cannot nest it as shown. > > $IP$ = 126.0.0.1 > 'FirstDot' = STRSTRC($IP$, .) // $FirstDot$ = 3 > 'TmpIP' = SUBSTRC($IP$, ($FirstDot' + 1)) // $TmpIP$ = 0.0.1 > 'SecondDot' = STRSTRC($TmpIP$, .) // $SecondDot$ = 1 > 'IndexSecondDot' = $SecondDot$ + $FirstDot$ + 1 // the +1 is for the > actual dot itself. > > Now, take 'ShownIP' = SUBSTRC($IP$, 0, $IndexSecondDot$) to get the first > two octets only, this should include the dot at the end of the second > octet. > So, you would see $ShownIP$ = 126.0. and then you can just append x.x to > it. > > Thanks, > > > Gary Opela, Jr > > Sr. Remedy Developer > > Leader Communications, Inc. > > 405 736 3211 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:21 AM > To: 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' > Subject: RE: How to partially mask a field > > Fun stuff here. > > To find the index of the second period: > > $IP$ = 126.0.0.1 > $FirstOct$ = STRSTR($IP$, .) > $TmpIP$ = SUBSTR($IP$, $FirstOct$) > $SecondOct$ = STRSTR($TmpIP$, .) > > Nested: > > $SecondOct$ = STRSTR((SUBSTR($IP$, (STRSTR($IP$, .)), .) [I think] > > Now, to mask, you can simply set a field to SUBSTR($IP$, 0, $SecondOct$) > and > > it will just show the first two octets. You might have to add or remove 1 > on > > some of the SUBSTR commands. > > SO, total, nested would be: > > 'ShownIP' = SUBSTR($IP$, 0, (STRSTR((SUBSTR($IP$, (STRSTR($IP$, .)), .))) > > And again, you might need to add or subtract 1 here and there. > > > Thanks, > > > Gary Opela, Jr > > Sr. Remedy Developer > > Leader Communications, Inc. > > 405 736 3211 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joran, Peter P, CTR, OSD-CIO > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:00 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: How to partially mask a field > > All > > I need to mask the first two octets of our IP addresses. It gets a little > complicated as an IP address length varies. For example an > IP address could be 1.1.1.1 or 123.123.123.123. Is there a way to do a > SUBSTR > type of function that can start after the second "."? > I'm trying to avoid reformatting the address to eventually get what I > want. > > Then again if I'm going about this the wrong way I'm open to thoughts. > > Best Regards > Pete > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
