Interface: Delimiters

The four ASTM delimiters resolved from an H record. Immutable; carried on the parsed message as delimiter provenance.

Example

import { readDelimiters } from "@cosyte/astm";
const d = readDelimiters("H|\\^&");
d.field;     // "|"
d.repeat;    // "\\"
d.component; // "^"
d.escape;    // "&"

Properties

component

readonly component: string

Component separator: ASTM ^ by default.

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escape

readonly escape: string

Escape character: ASTM & by default (introduces &F&/&S&/&R&/&E&).

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field

readonly field: string

Field separator: the char immediately after H in the header.

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repeat

readonly repeat: string

Repeat (repetition) separator: ASTM `` by default.