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Data Formatter
Formatter Command Type 6
BA Replace a string with another
Syntax=BAnnNN
1
SS
1
NN
2
SS
2
nn: The count of replacements to be made, if nn=00 or nn>=the number of occurrences of a string to be
replaced, then replace all occurrences of that string.
NN
1
: The length of the string to be replaced, NN
1
>0.
SS
1
: The ASCII hex value of each character in the string to be replaced.
NN
2
: The length of replacement string, NN
2
>=0. To replace string “SS
1
” with NUL (i.e. deIete string
“SS
1
”), you should set NN
2
to 00 and leave out SS
2
.
SS
2
: The ASCII hex value of each character in the replacement string.
From the current cursor position, search forward for the occurrence of “SS
1
” string (of length “NN
1
”) and
replace the string with “SS
2
” string (of length “NN
2
”) in the output message until every “SS
1
” string is
replaced or the count of replacements made reaches “nn” times, without moving the cursor.
BA Example: Replace “23”s with “ABC”s in barcode data
If the barcode has a string of characters that the host application does not want included, you can use the
BA command to replace the string with something else. In this example, you will replace the “23”s in the
barcode above with “ABC”s.
Command string: BA0002323303414243F100
BA is the “Replace a string with another” command
00 is the count of replacements to be made, 00 means to replace all occurrences of that string
02 is the length of the string to be replaced
32 is the hex value for 2 (character in the string to be replaced)
33 is the hex value for 3 (character in the string to be replaced)
03 is the length of the replacement string
41 is the hex value for A (character in the replacement string)
42 is the hex value for B (character in the replacement string)
43 is the hex value for C (character in the replacement string)
F1 is the “Send all characters” command
00 is the hex value for a NUL
The data is output as: cd1ABCabcABCbc12abABC2
