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Text field patterns

The following symbols must be used to create text patterns for text fields.

Note:

The comma (,), dash (-), colon (:), slash (/), period (.), and space ( ) are treated as literal values and can be included anywhere in a pattern. To include a phrase in a pattern, delimit the text string with single quotation marks ('). For example, 'Your phone number is ('999')' 999-9999 can be specified as the Display Pattern.

 

Text symbol	Description	Example
A	Single alphabetic character	Display Pattern: A9A 9A9 Input Value: K1S5K2 Formatted Value: K1S 5K2
X	Single character	Display Pattern: XXX XXX Input Value: !1$5&2 Formatted Value: !1$ 5&2
O	Single alphanumeric character	Display Pattern: OO OO OO Input Value: 123ABC Formatted Value: 12 3A BC
0	Single alphanumeric character	Display Pattern: 00 00 00 Input Value: 123ABC Formatted Value: 12 3A BC
9	Single digit	Display Pattern: 999-9999 Input Value: 9407000 Formatted Value: 940-7000

Note:

The O (capital “o”) and 0 (zero) symbols are intentional synonyms in recognition that these two characters are often mistyped and misread.

Reserved symbols

The following symbols have special meanings and cannot be used as literal text.

 

Symbol	Description
?	When submitted, the symbol matches any one character. When merged for display, it becomes a space.
*	When submitted, the symbol matches 0 or Unicode white space characters. When merged for display, it becomes a space.
+	When submitted, the symbol matches one or more Unicode white space characters. When merged for display, it becomes a space.

See also 

About field patterns and value formatting

Complex field patterns

Examples of text patterns

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Text field patterns