To parse the sample message:

• Open Chameleon.
• Copy the sample message, and paste it into the top pane of the Message Browser.

Message Browser

• Click the Table View tab, and choose the Text View option.
• Click the Parse button. The Message Browser's Text View shows that a new row was created for each repeat of the OBX segment.

Parsing the Message

More often than not, it is necessary to combine the multiple fields of an incoming message (as demonstrated above) into a single table column. This can be accomplished by using a global Python string variable and Python's string concatenation functionality.

In this example, you will be shown how to combine all the data found in field 5 of the OBX segments. A single Python variable will be used to collect all the values from the multiple repetitions of the OBX segment in the incoming message. This single Python variable will then be assigned to a new field in the ResultInformation table.