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#<maxlength> — used to represent a variable length text value that has no
minimum length but may have a maximum length.
• If maxlength is 0, there is no limitation on the length of the input value.
• If maxlength is greater than 0, the length of the input value length must be
less than or equal to maxlength.
The maxlength may not be less than 0.
Examples
A<6>
Description — a string that may contain 6 or less alphabetic characters.
Valid input examples
A
ABCDEF
Invalid input examples
ABC123 last three characters must be alphabetic characters
ABCDEFG too long
?<0>
Description – any text value.
#<minlength, maxlength> — used to represent a fixed or variable length
input value that may have a minimum and maximum length.
•If minlength is 0, the input string may be empty.
•If minlength is greater than 0, the input value length must greater than or
equal to minlength.
•The minlength may not be less than 0.
•If minlength is equal to maxlength, the input value must have the specified
number of characters.
Examples
X<2,10>
Description — an input value that contains 2 to 10, upper or lower case
alphabetic or numeric characters.
Valid input examples
Batch0001
1234abcABC
A1
Invalid input examples
Batch-001 The ‘-‘ character is not a valid ‘X’ character
A too short
1234abcdABCD too long
AB Inc space character is not a valid ‘X’ character
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