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Internationalization Guide


Word-break Table

The syntax of the word-break table is:

SYNTAX
[ #define symbolic-name symbol-value ] ... 
[ Version = 9 
   Codepage = codepage-name 
   wordrules-name = wordrules-name 
   type = table-type 
] 
word_attr = 
{ 
  { char-literal | hex-value | decimal-value } , word-delimiter-attribute 
      [ , { char-literal | hex-value | decimal-value } 
          , word-delimiter-attribute ] ... 
}; 

symbolic-name

The name of a symbol.

For example: DOLLAR-SIGN

symbol-value

The value of the symbol.

For example: ’$’

NOTE: Although some versions of Progress let you compile word-break tables that omit all items within the second pair of square brackets, Progress Software Corporation (PSC) recommends that you always include these items. If the source-code version of a compiled word-break table lacks these items, and the associated database is not so large as to make this unfeasible, PSC recommends that you add these items to the table, recompile the table, reassociate the table with the database, and rebuild the indexes.

codepage-name

The name, not surrounded by quotes, of the code page the word-break table is associated with. The maximum length is 20 characters.

For example: UTF-8

wordrules-name

The name, not surrounded by quotes, of the compiled word-break table. The maximum length is 20 characters.

For example: utf8sample

table-type

The number 3.

NOTE: Some versions of Progress allow a table type of 1 or 2. Although these are still supported, Progress Software Corporation (PSC) recommends, if feasible, that you change the table type to 3, recompile the word-break table, reassociate it with the database, and rebuild the indexes.

char-literal

A character within single quotes or a symbolic-name, which represents a character in the code page.

For example: ’#’

hex-literal

A hexadecimal value or a symbolic-name, which represents a character in the code page.

For example:0xAC

decimal-literal

A decimal value or a symbolic-name, which represents a character in the code page.

For example: 39

word-delimiter-attribute

In what context the character is a word delimiter.

Table B–1 describes the word-delimiter attributes.

Table B–1: Word-delimiter Attributes
Word Delimiter Attribute
Description
Default
LETTER
Always part of a word.
Assigned to all characters that the current attribute table defines as letters.
In English, these are the uppercase characters A–Z and the lowercase characters a–z.
DIGIT
Always part of a word.
Assigned to the characters 0–9.
USE_IT
Always part of a word.
Assigned to the following characters:
  • Dollar sign ($)
  • Percent sign (%)
  • Number sign (#)
  • At symbol (@)
  • Underline (_)
BEFORE_LETTER
Part of a word only if followed by a character with the LETTER attribute.
Else, treated as a word delimiter.
BEFORE_DIGIT
Treated as part of a word only if followed by a character with the DIGIT attribute.
Assigned to the following characters:
  • Period (.)
  • Comma (,)
  • Hyphen (-)
For example, "12.34" is one word, but "ab.cd" is two words.
BEFORE_LET_DIG
Treated as part of a word only if followed by a character with the LETTER or DIGIT attribute.
IGNORE
Ignored.
Assigned to the apostrophe (’).
For example, "John’s" is equivalent to "Johns."
TERMINATOR
Word delimiter.
Assigned to all other characters.


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