1Net::HL7(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::HL7(3)
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9 The Net-HL7 package is a simple Perl API for creating, parsing sending
10 and receiving HL7 messages. To create an empty HL7 message object, do:
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14 For details, please consult the man pages of each specific class, or
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18 The Net::HL7 class is only used for documentation purposes (the stuff
19 you're reading right now), to set HL7 configuration properties such as
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26 Some HL7 properties may be altered on a global level. Altering the
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32 SEGMENT_SEPARATOR
33 Separator for segments within a message. Usually this is \015.
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36 Field separator for this message. In general '|' is used.
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39 HL7 NULL field, defaults to "". This is therefore different from
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43 Separator used in fields supporting components. Usually this is the
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47 Separator for fields that may be repeated. Defaults to '~'.
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50 Escape character for escaping special characters. Defaults to '\'.
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53 Separator used in fields supporting subcomponents. Usually this is
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57 This is the version used in the MSH(12) field. Defaults to 2.2.
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