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>"|||0|0.0" is waht I expected and what I wanted. In this particular instance I can change the 1 character field to 2 characters and produce the file I need.
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>However this is a bug for the simple reason, it's not consistent and it should be. An unexpected space in the output could cause a problem for the application reading the file, and you may have no control over that application.
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>Dennis

Dennis,
From my POV it'd be receiver's bug but that's my POV and I respect your thoughts.
Cetin