Input text formats
#
#<maxlength>
#<minlength, maxlength>
# — used to represent a single character of a specific type. # may be one of the following character types:
9: valid input character set includes '0', '1', ..., '9'
Z: valid input character set includes 'A', 'B', ..., 'Z'
z: valid input character set includes 'a', 'b', ..., 'z'
A: valid input character set includes all characters in Z and z type
C: valid input character set includes all characters in Z and 9 type
c: valid input character set includes all characters in z and 9 type
X: valid input character set includes all characters in Z, z and 9 type
?: valid input character set includes any characters
Examples
999999
Description — 6 numeric characters
Valid input examples
123456
888888
Invalid input examples
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ABCDEF |
wrong character type |
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1234567 |
too long |
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12345 |
too short |
ZZZ999?
Description — 7 characters, first three characters are alphabetic letters, next three characters are numeric, last character is any character.
Valid input examples
BAT001%
BOX123a
Invalid input examples
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BAT12b3 |
sixth character must be a numeric |
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Bat123a |
second and third letters must be upper case alphabetic characters |
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BAT12345 |
too long |
#<maxlength> — used to represent a variable length text value that has no minimum length but may have a maximum length.
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If maxlength is 0, there is no limitation on the length of the input value.
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If maxlength is greater than 0, the length of the input value length must be less than or equal to maxlength.
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The maxlength may not be less than 0.
Examples
A<6>
Description — a string that may contain 6 or less alphabetic characters.
Valid input examples
A
ABCDEF
Invalid input examples
|
ABC123 |
last three characters must be alphabetic characters |
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ABCDEFG |
too long |
?<0>
Description – any text value.
#<minlength, maxlength> — used to represent a fixed or variable length input value that may have a minimum and maximum length.
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If minlength is 0, the input string may be empty.
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If minlength is greater than 0, the input value length must greater than or equal to minlength.
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The minlength may not be less than 0.
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If minlength is equal to maxlength, the input value must have the specified number of characters.
Examples
X<2,10>
Description — an input value that contains 2 to 10, upper or lower case alphabetic or numeric characters.
Valid input examples
Batch0001
1234abcABC
A1
Invalid input examples
Batch-001 The ‘-‘ character is not a valid ‘X’ character
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A |
too short |
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1234abcdABCD |
too long |
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AB Inc |
space character is not a valid ‘X’ character |
?<3,0>
Description – a string that contains 3 or more characters of any type
Valid input examples
ABC
+%=
ABC Company
jsmith@ABC.com
Invalid input examples
A1 too short
A<4,4>
Description — a string of exactly 4 alphabetic characters. The same format as AAAA.
9<0,3>
Description — a string of 3 or less numeric characters. String may be empty.
A<3,2>
Description — invalid input format, maxlength must be greater or equal to minlength if maxlength is greater than 0.
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