Needing to removing a leading zero from a PDF index

[dstrong]

Hi all,

I'm using a PDF indexer to grab a store code from a report, which should be fairly straight-forward except the code is 5 characters in the report with a leading zero, and I only want to index the last 4 characters. The indexer won't let me choose just the 4, it only recognizes the whole chunk. I've tried using a mask of ####, but that grabs the first 4 characters. Using the character removal option under the Load Information tab won't work either, as I need the index to show as 0065 for example, not 65. What are my other options here? Thank you for any help.

[Greg Ira]

Is there some trailing character after the 5 character store code you could use in the mask?  For example if you had 01234:  You could use MASK='####:' then use character removal to remove the colon.

[dstrong]

Unfortunately the store number is the last thing on the line. I went ahead and tried it with '#### ' and removing trailing spaces, but it failed.

[paulaj@us.ibm.com]

If you are using V9.5 on MP, you can use a regular expression on the PDF indexer FIELD parameter.  See the documentation at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=86&uid=swg27041745#docs under PDF Indexer, Using Regular Expressions.