Simple variables

When an ampersand sign (&) prefixes text in a field in the Rule Processor fields, it denotes a simple variable name. The end of a variable name is designated by one of the following symbols:

End of variable name

Example

Blank


Period

.

Comma

,

Ampersand

&

Apostrophe

'

Hyphen

-

Asterisk

*

Plus sign

+

Forward slash

/

Backslash

\

Colon

:

For example, the variable &MSGID contains the characters IEF1234I and the variable &TEST contains the characters ABCD and the combination

&MSGID.&TEST

is resolved as two separate variables:

IEF1234IABCD

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Comments

  1. Kevin Hernandez

    backslash example should be \

    Jun 26, 2020 11:22