Setting Returned Line Order - Finalist - 10.0

Finalist Guide

Product type
Software
Portfolio
Verify
Product family
Data Quality - Postals
Product
Finalist
Version
10.0
Language
English
Product name
Finalist
Title
Finalist Guide
Copyright
2023
First publish date
1984
Last updated
2024-05-15
Published on
2024-05-15T00:57:22.811031

To define the order for returning the standardized lines (ADDRPASS-RTN-ORDER), specify a Returned Line Order code.

Table 1. Return Line Order
Code Description
0 Firm line
1 PO Box address line
2 Address line with both a range and a suffix word
3 Address line with a range but no suffix, Address line with a suffix but no range
4 Rural route address line
5 Personal name, Firm name (w/o firm words), Unidentified
6 Apartment type line
7 Possible city line
8 City line
9 Ignore this line
B Box address line following a rural route address line
M Military address line
N An N in the first return position indicates to return the default that is best address line 1, best address line 2, city state, firm. URB and ZIP Code are returned in separate fields.
R Rural route address line preceding a box line

Example

This example demonstrates how you can specify the returned line order for a multi-line address in order to affect what information is returned.

Input Address:           Mrs P. R. Farber
                         Office World Inc
                         123 Main
                         4064 Monroe Street
                         RR 1 Box 12345
                         Toledo OH 43060
Returned Line Options: 35N
Returned Line Order:   0543218
Standardized Address:    OFFICE WORLD INC
                         MRS P. R. FARBER
                         RR 1 BOX 12345
                         123 MAIN
                         4064 MONROE STREET
                         TOLEDO OH 43060
Returned Address:      OFFICE WORLD INC
                       4064 MONROE STREET
                       TOLEDO OH
Returned ZIP Code:   43060
Returned Line Type Code:  054328