SEPARATOR_CHARS

The SEPARATOR_CHARS descriptor defines the characters to use as field separators. Separator characters are defined within a pair of double quote (") characters. When a double quote is used as a separator character, it must be preceded by a backslash (\) character. Thus, \", designates " as a separator character. A tab is denoted by \t; a backslash is denoted by \\.

The SEPARATOR_CHAR descriptor is the same as the SEPARATOR_CHARS descriptor.

Examples:

       GAV data file   GAV schema file entry
	   _____________   _____________________

    (a)    1 2 3           SEPARATOR_CHARS: " "
           2 3 4               
           3 4 5               

    (b)    1/2\3           SEPARATOR_CHARS: "/\\"
	    2/3/4
	    3\4\5

    (c)    1 2	3          SEPARATOR_CHARS: " \t,"
	    2,3 4
           3   4,5

    (d)    1'2"3'          SEPARATOR_CHARS: "'\""
   	   2'3"4'
	   3'4"5'

Example (a) above, specifies the space character as a separator character.

Example (b) specifies the forward slash (/) and backward slash (\) as separator characters.

Example (c) specifies the space, tab, and comma (,) characters as separator characters.

Example (d) specifies the single forward quote ('), and the double quote (") as separator characters.