Inc. SWIFT Adapter User's Guide

maximum length

Alphabetic letters (upper case) and digits

only

Hexadecimal letters A through F (upper

case) and digits only

Nn! Fixed length x

Any character of the permitted character set

upper and lower case

Any character of the EDIFACT level A

character set as defined in ISO 9735

upper case only

Any character as defined by the Information

Service

nn*nn Maximum number of

lines times

maximum line length

Blank space

Decimal format

Examples

2n = up to 2 digits

3!a = always 3 letters upper case only

4*35x = up to 4 lines of up to 35 characters each

16-64h = at least 16 and up to 64 hexadecimal digits

2. Use of square brackets [ ] around the format of a particular subfield indicates

that the subfield is optional within that field. For example, in the following figure,

format of option S is specified as :4!c/[8c]/4!c/2!a/30x. Here, the format

corresponding to the sub-field Data Source Scheme is given as [8c], making the

sub-field optional.