[DFDL-WG] newbie question

[Tim Kimber]

It depends on the data format. Normally a variable length field is 
terminated by a delimiter, so a data pattern/regex is not required.
Can you describe the format in a little more detail?

regards,

Tim Kimber, 
IBM Integration Bus Development (Industry Packs)
Hursley, UK
Internet:  kimbert at uk.ibm.com
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From:   Bing Lu <mfcplus at yahoo.com>
To:     "dfdl-wg at ogf.org" <dfdl-wg at ogf.org>, 
Date:   28/03/2014 03:35
Subject:        [DFDL-WG] newbie question
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what's the best dfdl approache to describe  a variable length alpha 
numeric field? should i use simpletype restriction pattern, or use 
dfdl:assert testPattern? thanks in advance--
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