-- this code follows best practice of using local functions
-- this requires that main() is placed at the end of the file
-- after the local functions

local Report = "Patient's head appeared to be potatoe shaped.\nSpoke of needing to get back to the other\ntoys and mentioned Woody."

local UseOneNte = true

local function Split(str, delim, maxNb)
   -- Eliminate bad cases...
   if string.find(str, delim) == nil then
      return { str }
   end
   if maxNb == nil or maxNb < 1 then
      maxNb = 0    -- No limit
   end
   local result = {}
   local pat = "(.-)" .. delim .. "()"
   local nb = 0
   local lastPos
   for part, pos in string.gfind(str, pat) do
      nb = nb + 1
      result[nb] = part
      lastPos = pos
      if nb == maxNb then break end
   end
   -- Handle the last field
   if nb ~= maxNb then
      result[nb + 1] = string.sub(str, lastPos)
   end
   return result
end

function main(Data)
   local Out = hl7.message{vmd='example/demo.vmd', name='Lab'}
   local Lines = Split(Report, "\n")
   print("There are "..#Lines.." lines in the report.")
   
   if (UseOneNte) then
      for i=1, #Lines do
         Out.NTE[1][3][i] = Lines[i]   
      end
   else 
      for i=1, #Lines do
         Out.NTE[i][3][1] = Lines[i]   
      end
   end
   Out:S()
end