Is it Possible to manipulate the braces " < > " from the List.Tostring() Output

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I have a list of type String. It is storing all the values from DocuRef.Notes field through a while select statement. The list is populated just fine with all the possible records but the problem is when I'm printing the list on my report though a display method and List.Tostring(). The records are printed with these braces in the start. look at the picture below.

I dont need those braces in the begining and at the end of my first line.

The output should be like

Test Line 1

Test Line 2

....

Both Records should be printed on separate lines. Can you suggest if I can achieve this through list ? or I have to use some other way? Like what ? Thank You

Here is the snippet of my code.

display String255 WFdisplayCustomerNotes()
{
    // <WF - ID = 80  Picking Slip (123) modified by Unomani>
    SalesTable        salesTable;
    Notes             notes;
    WHSWorkLine       whsWorkline;
    DocuRef           docuRef;
    CustTable         custTable;
    Counter           counter = 0;
    List NotesList = new List (Types::String);
    
    select OrderNum
        from whsWorkline
          join * from salesTable
            where this.OrderNum == salesTable.SalesId;

    while select * from docuRef
        join * from custTable
             where docuref.RefTableId == 77 
                   && custTable.AccountNum == salesTable.CustAccount
    {
            if ( docuRef.TypeId == 'Shipping Instruction' 
                && docuRef.RefRecId == custTable.RecId 
                && docuRef.RefTableId   == custTable.TableId 
                && docuRef.RefCompanyId == custTable.dataAreaId 
                && salesTable.CustAccount == custTable.AccountNum)
            {    
                notes = docuRef.Notes;
                NotesList.addEnd(notes);  
            }  
    }           
    return NotesList.toString();     
}
//</WF>

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Instead of using list.tostring() you can use listenumerator to enumerate through elements in a list and output values in a way you want msdn.microsoft.com/.../aa642991(v=ax.50).aspx

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Instead of using list.tostring() you can use listenumerator to enumerate through elements in a list and output values in a way you want [View:https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa642991(v=ax.50).aspx]

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Hello ievgen -

If im not wrong list enumerator will allow me to return the records from the list separately ?

I will try this approach and let you know if it worked.

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ListEnumerator allow you to get individual element from a list, then you can concatenate them into a string or do something else. Please try and let us know in case of any issues.

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ievgen thank you for your help this approach worked. Instead of list enumerator I used List iterator. look at the code snap below

display str WFdisplayCustomerNotes()

{

// <WF - ID = 80 Picking Slip (123) modified by Unomani>

SalesTable salesTable; Notes notes; WHSWorkLine whsWorkline; DocuRef docuRef; CustTable custTable; container packedList; int i; ListIterator iterator; Str result; List NotesList = new List (Types::String); if (NotesList) { select OrderNum from whsWorkline join * from salesTable where whsWorkline.OrderNum == 'SON-0000376' && whsWorkline.OrderNum == salesTable.SalesId; while select * from docuRef join * from custTable where docuref.RefTableId == 77 && custTable.AccountNum == salesTable.CustAccount { if (docuRef.TypeId == 'Shipping Instruction' && docuRef.RefRecId == custTable.RecId && docuRef.RefTableId == custTable.TableId && docuRef.RefCompanyId == custTable.dataAreaId && salesTable.CustAccount == custTable.AccountNum) { notes = docuRef.Notes; NotesList.addEnd(notes); } } } iterator = new ListIterator(NotesList); while (iterator.more()) { packedList += iterator.value(); iterator.next(); } for (i = 1 ; i <=conLen(packedList); i++) { if (result == "") { result = conpeek(packedList,i); } else { result = result + '\n' + conpeek(packedList,i) ; } } return result; }

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Hi Muhammad_Ali,

Why do you need to add value to container, you can just create string and avoid extra loop\code. If it's just an example and you need container because of some reason there is smarter way to convert container to string, please take a look at con2str() method. In you case it would be something like result = con2str(packedList, '\n');

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hmm interesting let me look into it ievgen. I do need to use a container because I'm using a container to get the values into string Result. I was having issues doing the same with a list because of the way list output has those automated braces "<>".

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