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Character Masking

For fields that support masking, mask characters function as follows:

For fields that do not automatically support prefixing, a prefix value can be specified by ending the selection string with an asterisk.

For example, assume the following names exist: A3, M, M3, M01, M03, M13, M23, M33, M103, M435, M2243.

Table 17 Masking Examples

Entry

Matching values

*

All the above values

M?3

M03, M13, M23, M33

M?3*

M03, M13, M23, M33, M435

M??3

M103

M*3

M3, M03, M13, M23, M33, M103, M2243

M*

M, M3, M01, M03, M13, M23, M33, M103, M435, M2243

Since the last character in this example is *, M is treated as a prefix.

If a field supports masking, this fact is indicated in its description.

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General IOA Features