IGNORE

The <IGNORE> symbol is used by the validation engine to ignore a portion of the input data. The syntax is:

<IGNOREcPar1cPar2cPar3>
Option
Description
c
A character used as a separator for Par1, Par2 and Par3 values.
Par1
A string that is expected to appear at the beginning of the data that is to be ignored.
Par2
A string that is mapped on output as a result of the <IGNORE> symbol.
Par3
A string that is expected to appear at the end of ignored data. If it is omitted, the ignored data ends when what follows the <IGNORE> symbol in the type tree is recognized in the data on input.