Nn!
maximum length
Fixed length
c
h
x
y
Alphabetic letters (upper case) and digits only
Hexadecimal letters A through F (upper case) and digits only
Any character of the permitted character set upper and lower case
Any character of the EDIFACT level A character set as defined in ISO 9735 upper case only
nn*nn
Maximum number of lines times maximum line length
z
e
Any character as defined by the Information Service
Blank space
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2.Use of square brackets [ ] around the format of a particular subfield indicates that the subfield is optional within that field. For example, in the following figure, format of option S is specified as :4!c/[8c]/4!c/2!a/30x. Here, the format corresponding to the
