Motorola DS6878 Reference Manual page 281

Require and Suppress (0)
It is required that any character in this position, including space or reject, is suppressed from the output.
Template Incoming data
990AA 12QAB
Optional Alphanumeric (1)
1
When this option appears in the template string, the data validator accepts an alphanumeric character if
present. Optional characters are not allowed as the first character(s) in a field of like characters.
Template Valid data
99991 1234A
Optional Alpha (2)
When this option appears in the template string, the data validator accepts an alpha character if present.
Optional characters are not allowed as the first character(s) in a field of like characters.
Template Valid data
AAAA2 ABCDE
Alpha or Digit (3)
3
The data validator requires an alphanumeric character in this position to validate the incoming data.
Template Valid data
33333 12ABC
Output
12AB
Valid data Invalid data
12345 1234<
Valid data Invalid data
WXYZ ABCD6
Valid data Invalid data
WXY34 12AB<
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