Trailing spaces not counted in EDIFACT record length

[Wojciech Kazimierczak]

Hello,

I've discovered that bots is not taking into account the trailing spaces in EDIFACT records, when checking the maximum length.

Example: 

RFF record (data element) C506.1154 has a max. 35 characters.

Such a segment:

RFF+ON:01234567xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

gives an error: Record "UNH-CPS-LIN-RFF" field "C506.1154" too big (max 35): "01234567xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".

However this segment with trailing spaces:

RFF+ON:01234567                                                              '

gives no error.

After checking the code it seems to me it is done by purpose. Do you know what was the reason?

Best regards,
Wojtek

[Eppye Bots]

no, this is an error. there is no reason for this.

kind regards, Henk-Jan Ebbers

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[Eppye Bots]

tested this; and indeed this does happen.

kind regards, Henk-Jan Ebbers

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM Wojciech Kazimierczak <w.kazim...@gmail.com> wrote:

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