Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Internationalizing Applications

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 OpenEdge and some versions of Progress let you compile word-break tables that omit all items within the second pair of square brackets, Progress Software Corporation recommends 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, Progress Software Corporation recommends 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: OpenEdge and some versions of Progress allow a table type of 1 or 2. Although these are still supported, Progress Software Corporation 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 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 numerals 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; otherwise, 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.