Formatted Pattern Tab - IBM 6400 Series User Manual

Chapter 5
Patterns / Variables

Formatted Pattern Tab

Use the Formatted Pattern tab to add, remove, and edit new and existing
formatted patterns. You can use a formatted pattern to identify host data
patterns that do not have a fixed length.
Name: The name of the formatted pattern. The name must be unique for this
type of datastream adapter object. This name appears in pop-up menus when
you insert and use formatted patterns.
Data Pattern: To insert a single character that is used as the data pattern.
This may either be a pattern character or any other character with the default
Don't Care attribute. The default for this field is * (asterisk) with the Don't Care
and Include attributes.
Right-click the character and the following pop-up menu appears:
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Figure 140. Formatted Pattern Tab
Figure 141. Data Pattern Pop-up Menu