Reference Guide

OCR Programming
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Values for b and e can be any scannable character. They are included in the output stream.
Template Incoming data Output
C>A> XQ3>ABCDE> >ABCDE>
->ATHRUZ>123 >ATHRUZ>
1ABCZXYZ No Output
Ignore to End of Field (D)
This operator causes all characters after a template to be ignored. Use this as the last character in a
template expression. Examples for the template 999D:
Template Incoming data Output
999D 123-PED 123
357298 357
193 193
Skip Until (P1)
This operator skips over characters until a specific character type or a literal string is detected. It can be
used in two ways:
P1ct
Where:
• P1 is the Skip Until operator
• c is the type of character that triggers the start of output
• t is one or more template characters
P1"s"t
Where:
• P1 is the Skip Until operator
• "s" is one or more literal string characters (see <bl_blue><em_Emphasis>Literal String (" and +) on
page 17-340) that trigger the start of output
• t is one or more template characters
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