Angela Coulthard asked: > > Can anyone tell me where or how the repetition separator is used in a file? The repetition separator is used to separate instances of a repeating data element. Either simple or composite elements can repeat, although not component simple data elements in a composite. Imagine a segment which looks like this: ABC Test Segment 01 1000 Test Element 1 O AN 1/6 R 10 02 2000 Test Element 2 O ID 1/3 ... and '*' is the element separator, with '^' as the repetition separator: ABC*1^16^A12^AC26*PIC ... which would make the values 1, 16, A12 and AC26 separate instances of DE1000 at ABC.01 Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jonathan Allen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Voice: 01404-823670 Barum Computer Consultants | | Fax: 01404-823671 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/
