matched by a message with all those texts appearing in that order.
The texts in the message are scanned in the order that they appear in the routing
table entry.
($) precedes the text in the entry, a message is scanned until a match is found or
the end of the message is reached. If the blank character separator (I) precedes
the comparison text, blanks are skipped over and the first non-blank string of char
acters is compared to the comparison text, which mayor may not match.
Routing table entries and messages are also affected if the text is preceded by a
not-symbol (...,). The not symbol is always used with one of the other separator
characters; it never stands alone. If a matching text is found and the text in the
routing table is preceded only by a
matched text is remembered. If there are no more RTABLE texts to be searched
for, the entry is a match. If there is another text in that RTABLE entry to be
searched for, the scan continues from the position following the last matched text.
A match depends on the rest of the message text and the routing table entry. If a
matching text is found but the text in the routing table is preceded by the
not-symbol (...,), the entry is not a match and checking goes no further. Similarly, if
a matching text is not found but the text in the routing table is not preceded by the
not-symbol, the entry is not a match. If a match is not found and the text is pre
ceded by the not-symbol (...,), and if there are no more texts, the entry matches the
message. If there are more texts to scan for, the scan continues as above starting
with the character following the last match. A match depends on the rest of the
message text and the routing table entry.
Consider the following example:
4. The RTABLE entry
12:04:28 GRAF
trary character separator ($), the entire text is searched for
match is found. Because the text is preceded by the not-symbol (...,), the text is
still a match at this point. The scan for the next text
end of the last match. Because there was no previous match, the scan begins
again at the start of the message. The
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