FIXED

A GAV data file of fixed category has one record per line (i.e., a record is terminated with a new-line character), and each data field in a record is sequential, without separation.

For example, the following lines could be a GAV data file of fixed category.

    00641000300604
    00551000200502
    00720000150200

Individual fields in this category are accessed according to their columnar position and width in the record. Therefore, the values 64, 55, and 72 are accessed starting in column three (3) with a field width of two (2) digits.

Example:

A simple fixed GAV schema file might look like this:

    GAV
    NAME: SIMPLE XYZ - Fixed
    CATEGORY: FIXED
    !
    !    The following lines contain category specific information for 
    !    fixed format files.
    !
    OFFSET(ROWS): 0
    COMMENT_CHARS:"#"
    DATA: TYPE(INTEGER) ATTRIBUTE(Line|Line) COLUMNS(1,5)
    DATA: TYPE(X)  COLUMNS(6,5)
    DATA: TYPE(Y)  COLUMNS(11,5)
    DATA: TYPE(Z)  COLUMNS(16,5)

The corresponding GAV data file might look like this:

    000010001000010010000604
    000010001000020010200502
    001000001000030010150200

This file would produce the points (00010,00010,01000), (00010,00020,01020), and (00010,00030,01015). Notice that the extra data on the end of each record is ignored.