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DELIM

The DELIM variable takes an argument each character of which is the value to use as a field delimiter in a database file which is delimited ascii text. The default is space and tab for awk style processing. Actually sets the contents of the <del> token. The example program fragment below sets the value to ~. the first character of the DELIM value is also used as a field separator in the default header and record text bodies.

%%DEFINE DELIM ~


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