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Property Return Type
currentDelim A read-only 1-based index (number) of the current delimiter in the file. In
other words, the Beginning Of File (BOF) delimiter equals 1. It indicates the
position of the current delimiter relative to the last document boundary
Methods
The following table describes the functions of the boundaries object.
Method Description
find()
Finds the first occurrence of a string starting from the current position.
get()
Retrieves an array of strings.
getVariable
()
Retrieves a value stored in a variable of the boundaries.
set()
Sets a new DataMapper record boundary.
setVariable
()
Sets a boundaries variable to the specified value, automatically creating
the variable if it doesn't exist yet.
Data Object
Returns a data object encapsulating properties and methods pertaining to the original data
stream.
Properties
The following table lists the properties of the data object.
Property Description Return Type
filename
The path of the input file.
Returns the fully qualified file name of
the temporary work file being processed.
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