Match List Rules - LXE MX8 Reference Manual

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Match List Rules

The data in the match list is processed by the rules listed below:
• Strings in the list will be searched in the order they appear in the list. If the list contains ABC
and AB, in that order, incoming data with ABC will match first, and the AB will have no
effect.
• When a match between the first characters of the barcode and a string from the list is found,
that string is stripped from the barcode data.
• Processing the list terminates when a match is found or when the end of the list is reached.
• If the wildcard * is not specified, the string is assumed to strip from the beginning of the
barcode data. The string ABC* strips off the prefix ABC. The string *XYZ will strip off the
suffix XYZ. The string ABC*XYZ will strip both prefix and suffix together. More than one *
in a configuration string is not allowed. (The User Interface will not prevent it, but results
would not be as expected, as only the first * is used in parsing to match the string.)
• The question mark wildcard ? may be used to match any single character in the incoming data.
For example, the data AB?D will match ABCD, ABcD, or AB0D, but not ABDE.
• The Barcode Data is saved per symbology configured. The Symbology selected in the
Symbologies dialog defines the symbology for which the data is being configured.
• Note that the Code ID (if any are configured) is ignored by this dialog, regardless of the setting
of Strip: Code ID in the Symbologies dialog. According to the sequence of events (specified
above), the Code ID must not be included in the barcode data being matched, because when
the matching test occurs, the Code ID has already been stripped. If Strip Code ID is disabled,
then the barcode data to match must include the Code ID. If Strip Code ID is enabled, the data
should not include the Code ID since it has already been stripped.
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