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Neysa · Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2002 2:05 am Post subject: TDS: complex array-like tags

Hi,

I have been working with the TDS format for almost 3 months now, but now I am stuck with some complex array-like structures.
I have a message that has elements of the following structure:
108:data; (simple)
113[i]:data; (i=1..50: a bit more complex, but possible.)
108[i],1298:data; (i=1..50: a lot more complex, but also doable,
allthough I had to sneak al little to make it possible
to combine this in the same message with the second
type)

188,113[i]:data;
111,113:data; (This is where I'm stuck. In itself these tags aren't
that difficult either, but the fact that all the above
examples can and will occur in one message makes
it so difficult. Also the fact that tags 108 and 113
occur in different structures and sometimes with the
index [i] and sometimes without is not some unlucky
notation from my side, but the way it really looks
like in a message.)

Can somebody give me a hint how to solve this, or tell me if it's even possible to combine all these things in one message?

An example message may look something like (well actually without the <CR><LF>, but this is a bit more readable):

40:data;
108:data;
113[1]:data;
113[2]:data;
113[3]:data;
150:data;
108[1],1298:data;
108[2],1298:data;
108[3],1298:data;
108[1],1300:data;
108[2],1300:data;
188,113[1]:data;
188,113[2]:data;
111,113:data;
111,937:data;

Regards,
Neysa