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When you indicate the subfield, do you actually use "$a" or do you just use "a". If the first, I would advise using just "a". I've only ever used the Swap Field Data tool for one project before, but that's what I did and it seemed to work fine.


Melissa Cookson
Catalog Librarian
Tarleton State University
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-----Original Message-----
From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angela Sidman
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:41 AM
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Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] Extra character in field data swap

Hi everyone,

I need to flip vendor ID numbers from the 001 field to the 035.  This is 
easy to do using the "Swap field data" tool except that I pick up an extra 
character along the way. 

Original data:  Field = 001

Modified data:   Field =035
                Indicators = 9\
                Subfield = $a

This results in an 035 field with an extra "a" before the start of the 
subfield: 

=035  9\a$aASP1000382379/wasm

I have tried flipping these fields several different ways and always get 
the extra "a" between \ and $ .  Does anyone have experience with swapping 
data from a fixed field into a text field? Thanks for any help that anyone 
can offer.

Best,

Angela 

Angela Sidman
Electronic Resources Systems Librarian
The Office of Library Services
The City University of New York
555 West 57th Street, Suite 1140, Room 1140
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212-541-1013

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