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Jeff, an ASCII string delta is represented on the wire by an integer followed by a string. The string is an SBIT-encoded value, so the length of the string can be deduced without a separate length entry. The integer is interpreted as a subtraction length, ie. how many characters to remove from the previous value before inserting the string. The substraction length is represented as excess-1 when the value is negative (in order to express negative zero). A few examples (1|"foo" means integer followed by string): prev --- wire ---- value --- comment ----------------- "" 0|"abc" "abc" remove 0 chars, add "abc" at end "abc" 1|"a" "aba" remove 1 char, add "a" at end "aba" -1|"d" "daba" remove 0 chars, add "d" at front "daba" -3|"dc" "dcba" remove 2 chars, add "dc" at front BTW, what's your company affiliation? /Rolf [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FIX-Protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
