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hmTitle:"Editing a Grammar Item",
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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">Editing a Grammar Item<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Normal\">Pick an existing <span class=\"f_Command\">Element name<\/span> from the dropdown list or enter your own new name.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">To define a simple grammar element<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Pick the <span class=\"f_Command\">Basic<\/span> category.  Enter a <span class=\"f_Command\">Text matching<\/span> string and specify if the string should exactly <span class=\"f_Command\">Match character case<\/span> and whether the string is a <span class=\"f_Command\">Regular expression<\/span>.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">For an element that is defined by delimiters<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Pick the <span class=\"f_Command\">Delimited<\/span> category.  Specify starting and ending delimiters, or a starting delimiter and the <span class=\"f_Command\">Stop at end of line<\/span> option.  Specify if the delimiters should exactly <span class=\"f_Command\">Match character case<\/span> and whether they are <span class=\"f_Command\">Regular expressions<\/span>.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">An <span class=\"f_Command\">Escape character<\/span> can be specified that allows the ending delimiter character to be embedded in the element.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">For example, the colored literal string in the following code is delimited by apostrophes (\'), with backslash (\\) as the escape character:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">s = <\/span><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\" style=\"color: #339966;\">\'I can\\\'t see straight\'<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_IndentedCode\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">To define a list of grammar tokens<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Pick the <span class=\"f_Command\">List<\/span> category and type the tokens into the memo control.  Specify if the tokens should exactly <span class=\"f_Command\">Match character case<\/span> and whether they are <span class=\"f_Command\">Regular expressions<\/span>.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">To define an element as a column range<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Pick the <span class=\"f_Command\">Columns<\/span> category.  Specify the starting and ending column numbers, or a starting column and the <span class=\"f_Command\">to end of line<\/span> option.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">To match on repeating page headings in your data<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">When comparing report output, a single change can shift all subsequent page headings, causing many additional differences.  You can define a page heading grammar item in order to ignore these differences.  Pick the <span class=\"f_Command\">Lines<\/span> category.  Enter a <span class=\"f_Command\">Text matching<\/span> string that will match the heading at the top of each page in your data.  Typically this would be the Form Feed character.  Mark the <span class=\"f_Command\">or line 1<\/span> checkbox if the first page doesn\'t start with the Form Feed character.  Specify the number of <span class=\"f_Command\">lines<\/span> in the heading.  Specify if the match string should exactly <span class=\"f_Command\">Match character case<\/span> and whether the string is a <span class=\"f_Command\">Regular expression<\/span>.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">To define case-sensitivity<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Mark the <span class=\"f_Command\">This element is case sensitive<\/span> checkbox to indicate that changes in character case are important differences during comparison.<\/p>\n\r"
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