System for selectively converting a plurality of source data structures without an intermediary structure into a plurality of selected target structures
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1. A method to transform data from a first format to a second format comprising the steps of:
- creating a quoted character value;
creating a numerical byte value;
creating a data value;
receiving said data;
reviewing said data for occurrences of said quoted character, numerical byte value, and data value;
counting said occurrences of said quoted characters, numerical byte values, and data value within said data;
assigning a priority value to each occurrence of said quoted characters, numerical byte values, and data values;
assigning each of said occurrences of quoted characters, numerical byte values, and data values to an array of variables; and
,creating said second format by arranging said variables, within said linear array, into a format arrangement according to said assigned priority values.
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Abstract
A data interchange system having a number of translators 50, 52, and 54, each adapted to translate a first message 16 to a second message 18.
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1. A method to transform data from a first format to a second format comprising the steps of:
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creating a quoted character value; creating a numerical byte value; creating a data value; receiving said data; reviewing said data for occurrences of said quoted character, numerical byte value, and data value; counting said occurrences of said quoted characters, numerical byte values, and data value within said data; assigning a priority value to each occurrence of said quoted characters, numerical byte values, and data values; assigning each of said occurrences of quoted characters, numerical byte values, and data values to an array of variables; and
,creating said second format by arranging said variables, within said linear array, into a format arrangement according to said assigned priority values.
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2. A data interchange system adapted to transform a message having a plurality of data objects arranged in a first format into a second and a third format, said system comprising:
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means for receiving said message and for recognizing, extracting, and arranging said plurality of data objects in only a single structure; second means for providing said second and third formats; third means for selecting said plurality of said data objects in said single structure and for arranging said selected data objects into said second and third format.
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