Framework EDI Reference. Methods and Properties
ediDataSegment. ElementTerminator

Returns the Data Element terminator.

Syntax:

Returns:

A string that is used as the data element terminator..  

Remarks:

Even though data element terminators are not limited to a single character, they normally are.  In X12, the character commonly used for the data element terminator is the asterisk (*); in UN/EDIFACT, it is the plus sign (+).  Data element terminators are also referred to as data element separators.

 

Sample

Visual Basic program displaying Data Segment properties