> Problem 1: As you can see, I don't really want the first four
> characters, I want the first four SEARCHABLE characters. How can I
> tell MARC Record to give me the first four characters, excluding
> diacritics?
What output would you have rather seen?
Dave,Ayod\2003
Paot, Kaas\2002
Baks,Dasa\2003
,Vias\2002
?
I changed out the order to put the problem children at the bottom. Thus the
correct output would be:
Baks,Dasa\2003
Dave,Ayod\2003
Pata,Kasm\2002 * actual text is: 100 PatÌanÌiÌ, RaÌjana. 245
KasÌmakasÌa
** Raw MARC reads:
100 PaÃtaÃnÃi, RÃajana. 245
KaÃsmakaÃsa
,Vias\2002 * actual text is: 245 VisÌvaprasiddha vaÌrtaÌo
** Raw MARC reads: 245 ViÃsvaprasiddha
vÃartÃao
>You probably want to use the data() method on the MARC::Field object for >the
>'008' field, in combination with substr() to extract a substring based on an
>offset and a length.
Worked brilliantly; Thanks!
JJ
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