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RE: Colon reserved character?
At 08:16 PM 10/12/2004, Bill Chessman wrote:
>Not quite. In X12 004030 (in fact since 004020), there has been a repeat
>character defined in X12 syntax. The colon is a _possible_candidate_ for
>use as the repeat character however any character _can_be_used_ so long as
>it is not also used in data or as another separator. In fact, X12 does
>not dictate the characters used for separators but they recommend certain
>non-displayable characters over printable ones. For each type of
>separator they suggest a printable character if the user absolutely must
>use a printable separator however colon (:) is specifically suggested for
>any separator.
You are right and I was careless. Walmart uses the colon as a repeat
character in their 4030 implementation.
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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/
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