9.3.2.3.25 delim.fielddelim.escaped

Specifies the value that will replace the field delimiter when the field delimiter occurs in the input field. The syntax is:

delim.fielddelim.escaped={value|\xhex_value}

For example, given the following property settings:

delim.fielddelim=-
delim.fielddelim.escaped=$#$

If the data does not contain the hyphen delimiter within any of the field values:

one two three four

The resulting delimited data is:

one-two-three-four

If there are hyphen (-) delimiters within the field values:

one two three four-fifths two-fifths

The resulting delimited data is:

one-two-three-four$#$fifths-two$#$fifths