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Testing the Script |
To test the script:
- Copy the following message:
MSH|^~\&||.|||199908180016||ADT^A04|ADT.1.1698593|P|2.5 PID|1|000059452|000395122||LEVERKUHN^ADRIAN^C^^^||19880517180606|M|^^^^^||6 66TH AVE NE^^WEIMAR^DL^98052||(157)983-3296|||S||12354768|87654321 NK1|1|TALLIS^THOMAS^C|GRANDFATHER|12914 SPEM ST^^ALIUM^IN^98052|(157)883-6176 NK1|2|WEBERN^ANTON|SON|12 STRASSE MUSIK^^VIENNA^AUS^11212|(123)456-7890 PV1|1|E|EMG-W^^|1||||||||||ER||||ER||H|||||||||||||||||||OVL||REG|||199908180015 GT1|1||SMITH^JAMES^M||12914 164TH AVE NE^^RICHMOND^ON^98052|(157)883-6176|||||F|535-52-9776||||WEISS JENSON|.^^WELLINGTON^ON^.|(206)340-9577 IN1|1|PRE2||LIFE PRUDENT BUYER|PO BOX 23523^WELLINGTON^ON^98111|||19601||||||||THOMAS^JAMES^M|F|||||||||||||||||||ZKA535529776 |
- Open the Message Browser by clicking the Browse button on the toolbar. The Message Browser appears.
- Paste the above message into the top pane of the Message Browser.
Pasting the Message into the Message Browser
- Click the Parse button. The Debug window displays the output from the Python script:
Python Script Output
As you can see, the Debug window shows that the Python script successfully strips the leading zeros from the Patient ID.