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BA Replace a string multiple times
Syntax＝BAnnNN
1
SS
1
NN
2
SS
2
nn: The count of replacements to be made, if nn=00 or nn>=the number of occurrences of a string to be replaced, then
replace all occurrences of that string.
NN
1
: The length of the string to be replaced, NN
1
>0.
SS
1
: The ASCII hex value of each character in the string to be replaced.
NN
2
: The length of replacement string, NN
2
>=0. To replace string “SS
1
” with NUL (i.e. deIete string “SS
1
”), you should set
NN
2
to 00 and leave out SS
2
.
SS
2
: The ASCII hex value of each character in the replacement string.
From the current cursor position, search forward for the occurrence of “SS
1
” string (of length “NN
1
”) and replace the string
with “SS
2
” string (of length “NN
2
”) in the output message until every “SS
1
” stringis replaced or the count of replacements
made reaches “nn” times, without moving the cursor.
BA Example: Replace “23”s with “XYZ”s in barcode data
If the barcode has a string of characters that the host application does not want included, you can use the BA command to
replace the string with something else. In this example, you will replace the “23”s in the barcode above with “XYZ”s.
Command string: BA020232330358595AF100
BA is the “Replace a string multiple times” command
02 is the count of replacements to be made
02 is the length of the string to be replace