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Delimiter Characters

The following table lists the delimiter characters used in HL7:

CharacterPurpose
0x0DMarks the end of each segment.
|Field delimiter.
^Subfield delimiter.
&Sub-subfield delimiter.
~Used to separate repeating fields.
\Escape character.
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