Repeating fields

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Imported from previous forum

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Document - fix-41-with-errata-19990630
Section - "Message Formats" Para 4

states:

"It is permissible for fields to be repeated. In the case where a field allows multiple values, these repeating fields are logically added together to form the data for that field"

What does "logically added" mean? Can some expamples be provided?

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A field such as ExecInst can contain multiple values (e.g. "18=9 B C" would indicate Stay on the bidside(9), OK to cross(B), and Call first ©. This is a string field with multiple individual values separated by a space. In FIX 4.2, we have given this its own data type named "MultipleValueString".

> Document - fix-41-with-errata-19990630
> Section - "Message Formats" Para 4
>
> states:
>
> "It is permissible for fields to be repeated. In the case where a field allows multiple values, these repeating fields are logically added together to form the data for that field"
>
> What does "logically added" mean? Can some expamples be provided?
>