OCR Programming 12 - 21
String Extract (C)
This operator combined with others defines a string of characters to extract from the scanned data. The string
extract is structured as follows:
CbPe
Where:
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C is the string extract operator
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b is the string begin delimiter
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P is the category (one or more numeric or alpha characters) describing the string representation
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e is the string end delimiter
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
C
D