In simple truncation, MapInfo Pro finds an item in the address and simply ignores it and everything after it. These items do not have to be space-delimited. This strategy is useful for dealing with addresses such as:
123 Appian Way, Mail Stop 829
7305 Van Zandt # 23
In the first case, you want MapInfo Pro to ignore the comma and everything after it. In the second case you want MapInfo Pro to ignore the number sign and everything after it. To deal with such cases add the following to your abbreviation file:
!EOLNOSPACE
,
#"!EOLNOSPACE" is the keyword indicating that the following items are to be treated as cases of simple truncation. After that we have one line with a comma and one with a number sign. Whenever MapInfo Pro encounters a comma or a number sign in an address it will ignore it and everything after it.
123 Appian Way
7305 Van Zandt
Resolving Space-Delimited Truncations
In space-delimited truncation MapInfo Pro looks for items which are space delimited and eliminates those items and everything following. For example:
73 Appian Way Suite 829
3033 Van Zandt Room 202
To deal with such cases add the following to your abbreviation file:
!EOLSPACE
SUITE
ROOM"!EOLSPACE" is the keyword indicating that the following items are to be treated as cases of simple truncation. After that we have one line with "Suite"and one with a "ROOM". Whenever MapInfo Pro encounters those tokens it will truncate the address. The examples become:
73 Appian Way
3033 Van Zandt
Resolving Simple Substitutions
MapInfo Pro uses simple substitution to remove items from an address and otherwise does nothing. Use it to deal with:
433 Van-Rensselaer
91 St Albans'
To strip out the hyphen and the apostrophe. Make the following entries in the abbreviation file:
!NOSPACE
-
'"NOSPACE" is the keyword calling for simple substitution, and the hyphen and apostrophe on the following lines are the tokens to be removed. The examples become:
369 VanRensselaer
91 St Albans