Miscellaneous Commands - Honeywell Xenon 1900 User Manual

Search forward for a non-matching character
E6 Search the input message forward for the first non-"xx" character from the current
cursor position, leaving the cursor pointing to the non-"xx" character. Syntax = E6xx
where xx stands for the search character's hex value for its ASCII code. Refer to the
ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252),
and character codes.
E6 Example: Remove zeros at the beginning of bar code data
This example shows a bar code that has been zero filled. You may want to ignore
the zeros and send all the data that follows. E6 searches forward for the first char-
acter that is not zero, then sends all the data after, followed by a carriage return.
Using the bar code above:
Command string: E630F10D
E6 is the "Search forward for a non-matching character" command
30 is the hex value for 0
F1 is the "Send all characters" command
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as:
37692
<CR>
Search backward for a non-matching character
E7 Search the input message backward for the first non-"xx" character from the
current cursor position, leaving the cursor pointing to the non-"xx" character.
Syntax = E7xx where xx stands for the search character's hex value for its ASCII
code. Refer to the
330 for decimal, hex and character codes.

Miscellaneous Commands

Suppress characters
FB Suppress all occurrences of up to 15 different characters, starting at the current
cursor position, as the cursor is advanced by other commands. When the FC
command is encountered, the suppress function is terminated. The cursor is not
moved by the FB command.
Syntax = FBnnxxyy . .zz where nn is a count of the number of suppressed characters
in the list, and xxyy .. zz is the list of characters to be suppressed.
Xenon/Granit User Guide
ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252),
beginning on page 330 for decimal, hex
beginning on page
169