RE: List of delimiters

Art

> So Earl is right. The element separator is the fourth character of the ISA
> statement, which begins an interchange. The segment terminator is the
character
> that immediately follows ISA15, the sub-element separator. Note there is no
> element separator following ISA15. Contrary to Earl's assertion, character
106
> of the ISA is not a 100% reliable place to find the segment terminator,
because
> theoretically ISA13 could be either 9 or 10 characters long. We will not
> discuss that improbability in this email.

ISA_15 is the Test/Production flag, and IS followed by a delimiter.
ISA_16 is the sub-element separator, and as you say IS followed by the segment
delimiter. Right explanation, wrong element number ;-)

That means that I am going to have a problem if someone sends me a 10 character
ISA_13 (Interchange Control number).... Ouch!

Has anyone actually seen this, or is it a left-coast thing?


Earl Wertheimer
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