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Use recursion to avoid the value of a field to be reset
4 lines of text should be extracted from a pica+ record which all begin with the $f-subfield of the 003@ and are followed by a combination of subfields in each 028@.
003@ ƒ01025201213
028@ ƒdFarīdƒcal-ƒaʿAbdalāwī
028@ ƒdFarīdƒaAl-ʿAbdalāwī
028@ ƒdFarid HamidƒaEl Abdellaouiƒ4nawi
028@ ƒdFarid HamidƒaAbdellaouiƒlEl

The rule of metamorph is defined as:
<combine name="${personalname}${surname}${forename}${prefix}${addition}"
value="##${pid}##,##${personalname}${surname}${forename}${prefix}${addition}##,##V##"
flushWith="028@" reset="true">
<data source="[email protected]" name="pid"/>
<data source="[email protected]" name="personalname" />
<data source="[email protected]" name="surname"/>
<data source="[email protected]" name="forename"/>
<data source="[email protected]" name="prefix"/>
<concat name="addition" delimiter=", " flushWith="028A" reset="true" prefix=" ">
<data source="[email protected]"/>
<data source="[email protected]"/>
<data source="[email protected]"/>
</concat>
</combine>

The following output is expected:
'##1025201213##,##Abdellaoui, Farid Hamid##,##V##'
'##1025201213##,##Al-ʿAbdalāwī, Farīd##,##V##'
'##1025201213##,##El Abdellaoui, Farid Hamid##,##V##'
'##1025201213##,##ʿAbdalāwī, Farīd al-##,##V##'

In fact output looks like this:
'##1025201213##,##Abdellaoui, Farid Hamid##,##V##'
'####,##Al-ʿAbdalāwī, Farīd##,##V##'
'####,##El Abdellaoui, Farid Hamid##,##V##'
'####,##ʿAbdalāwī, Farīd al-##,##V##'
The reset=”true” option cleans the 003@ and 028@ before a new 028@ is read. A new 003@ doesn’t exist and it is therefore empty. Neither reset=”false” can be used here, because it will remember the value of the old 028@, like the “al-“ at end of the following lines which in fact only appears in the first 028@ field. '##1025201213##,##Abdellaoui, Farid Hamid al-##,##V##'
'##1025201213##,##Al-ʿAbdalāwī, Farīd al-##,##V##'
'##1025201213##,##El Abdellaoui, Farid Hamid al-##,##V##'
'##1025201213##,##ʿAbdalāwī, Farīd al-##,##V##'

The solution is use of recursion (prefix @):

The first element use the name “@pid” to declare a redirecting the value return to the input stream and it is done for each new 028@. The second element uses the redirected, but not reset value of 003@ to combine the new 028@ value which are reset.