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Reason | Character to be escaped | Escaped value | Unescaped on input | Escaped on output |
Field separator | | | \F\ | Yes | Yes |
Component separator | ^ | \S\ | Yes | Yes |
Subcomponent separator | & | \T\ | Yes | Yes |
Repetition separator | ~ | \R\ | Yes | Yes |
Escape character | \ | \E\ | Yes | Yes |
New line | <new line> | \.br\ | Yes | No |
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Some behaviours of the HL7 API are configurable. These are explained in the relevant subpages, and also brought together in the HL7 Configuration Form.
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