Specifications

Appendix A. Format List
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Fmt 37xx:
[ABA] [chk dgt] [acct #]
• [ABA], [chk dgt]:
- all characters in the field
- keep spaces and dashes
• [acct #]: - work with characters in the acct field only
- window of xx characters; xx must be greater than 00
- remove spaces and dashes
Fmt 38xx:
'T' [transit] 'A' [acct #] 'C' [check #]
• [transit]: - all characters in the field
- keep dashes
• [acct #]: - maximum of xx characters; when xx=00 all characters are sent
- include leading characters
- keep spaces and dashes
• [check #]: -all characters in the field
Fmt 39xx:
[transit] <CR> [acct #]
• [transit]: all characters in the field
- remove dashes
• [acct #]: - maximum of xx characters; when xx=00 all characters are sent
- remove spaces and keep dashes
Fmt 40xx:
[country code] [transit] [acct #]
• [country code]: - '1' for US checks
- '2' for Canadian checks
• [transit]: - all characters in the field
- remove dashes
• [acct #]: - maximum of xx characters; when xx=00 all characters are sent
- remove spaces and dashes
Fmt 4100:
'S' 'T' [transit] 'A' [acct #] 'C' [check #]
• [transit]: - all characters in the field
- remove dashes
• [acct #]: - all characters in the field
- place a slash ('/') after 10th character
- if 10 characters or less, precede with a slash ('/')
- remove spaces and dashes
• [check #]: - always 6 characters, zero filled
remove spaces and dashes