It depends on the data format. Normally a variable length field is
terminated by a delimiter, so a data pattern/regex is not required.
Can you describe the format in a little more detail?
regards,
Tim Kimber,
IBM Integration Bus Development (Industry Packs)
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From: Bing Lu
To: "dfdl-wg@ogf.org" ,
Date: 28/03/2014 03:35
Subject: [DFDL-WG] newbie question
Sent by: dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org
what's the best dfdl approache to describe a variable length alpha
numeric field? should i use simpletype restriction pattern, or use
dfdl:assert testPattern? thanks in advance--
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