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About This Manual

HL7 Overview

Iguana

Chameleon

Getting Started

Chameleon Overview

Chameleon Interface

Learning the Basics

Using Python Scripting

Learning Python

Using Python Scripts in Chameleon

Chameleon Python API

Value Variable

Field Object

Field Object Methods/Properties

Field Object Usage Examples

Concatenating Fields

Concatenating Arbitrary Set of Sub-Components into One Field

Concatenating Repeating Fields

Setting Sub-Components

Dealing with Systems that Require Trailing Delimiters

Changing Subfields

Field Object Behavior in Parser Versions

Environment Variable

Database Object

Database Result Set Object

Database Result Set Row Object

Segment Iterator Object

Table Object

Delimiter Functions

GUID Generator

Character Stripping Functions

Python Scripting Examples

Debugging Python

Viewing a Summary of Python Scripts

Supported Python Libraries

HL7 <-> HL7 Transformation

XML <-> HL7 Translation

Learning the Advanced Features

Using the Tools and Utility Applications

Deploying Chameleon Applications

Tutorials and Exercises

Sample Applications

Designing HL7 Interfaces

Troubleshooting

Unix Support

Language API Documentation

How to Report Problems

Setting Sub-Components

Chameleon also allows you to set sub-component fields using the field object. For example, if a field was like |delta^gamma|, then this function:

   field.subfield(1).value = 'beta'

would change the field to |delta^beta|.

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