Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 7 - Group Properties Implicit Format

In the following data, a comma appears between the ID# and Name, between

the Name and Department, and so on. The Address component is optional. If it

is missing, the delimiter appears as a placeholder for the Address:

Awe73,Elizabeth,Quality Assurance,839 Northwestern

Lane,32awi979,Travis,Documentation,,39

Delimiter

In the Delimiter property, specify the value and location of the delimiter. For

specific information on specifying the delimiter, see the section Specifying a

Delimiter.

Note In an explicit delimited group, if the delimiter is whitespace <WSP>, the delimiter

is interpreted as one byte long; each <WSP> character is interpreted as another

delimiter. In the output, a <WSP> delimiter is one space.

The limit for <WSP> is 256 bytes.

Implicit Format

In a group with an implicit format, the components are distinguishable not by

delimiter or position, but by their pattern; something in the definition of the

component types themselves. The group has no syntax property that distinguishes

one component from another.

For example, the type File consists of Record(s). <CR><LF> appears at the end

of each Record. It has been defined as the terminator of Record. File, however,

has no syntax of its own. The Record terminator distinguishes one Record from

another.

To specify that a group has an implicit format, choose Implicit for the Format

property. Optionally, define a comment type, and choose the group’s syntax:

Delimited or None.

Delimiter

elimiter

Delimiter appears for

missing address