"Masked Values" is a type of value that generates random data according to an user-defined mask. It's a powerful way of generating custom string data.
When creating a mask, the following are legal characters:
A
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Random upper case alphabetical character
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a
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Random lower case alphabetical character
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C or c
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Random mixed case alphabetical character
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N or n
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Random numerical digit
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R or r
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Random character, including digits, punctuation etc...
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H or h
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Random hexadecimal digit (0..9, A-F)
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[...]
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Literal text, the text between brackets is taken as a constant
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{n}
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Random entry of a datalibrary, n is the number of a data library
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{F[r,s,u]:<filespec>}
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Random, sequential or unique value from the given file. Defaults to "random". Make sure to include the closing character "}".
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#S[:n[:m][:t]];
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Sequential value, optionally use n digits, starts at m and use t to trim leading zeroes. "n" and "m" are integers. Make sure to include the closing character ";"
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#R[:n[:m][:o][:t]];
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Random value, optionally uses n digits, bottoms at m, tops at o and use t to trim leading zeroes. All values are integers, make sure to include the closing character ";".
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Examples:
Dutch Zip-code:
NNNN[ ]AA
Possible results:
4214 PO
7645 AB
Last name, First name:
{1}[, ]{5}
Possible results:
Gerda, Iglehart
Justin, Kleinke
Unique value from file "c:\temp\testvalues.txt":
{Fu:c:\temp\testvalues.txt}
Random values, from 1000 to 9999:
#R:4:1000;
or
#R:4:1000:9999;
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