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msgtxt = "MSH|^~\&|CERNER||PriorityHealth||||ORU^R01|Q479004375T431430612|P|2.3"


    

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msgtxt


    

    
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'MSH|^~\\&|CERNER||PriorityHealth||||ORU^R01|Q479004375T431430612|P|2.3'

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msgfields = msgtxt.split(sep="|")


    

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msgfields


    

    
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['MSH',
 '^~\\&',
 'CERNER',
 '',
 'PriorityHealth',
 '',
 '',
 '',
 'ORU^R01',
 'Q479004375T431430612',
 'P',
 '2.3']

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msgfields


    

    
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['MSH',
 '^~\\&',
 'CERNER',
 '',
 'PriorityHealth',
 '',
 '',
 '',
 'ORU^R01',
 'Q479004375T431430612',
 'P',
 '2.3']

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msgcomps = list(map(lambda x: x.split(sep="^"), msgfields))


    

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msgcomps


    

    
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[['MSH'],
 ['', '~\\&'],
 ['CERNER'],
 [''],
 ['PriorityHealth'],
 [''],
 [''],
 [''],
 ['ORU', 'R01'],
 ['Q479004375T431430612'],
 ['P'],
 ['2.3']]

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'<map object at 0x106c59ef0>'

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"['MSH']"

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msgcomps[0][0]


    

    
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'MSH'

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msgcomps[8][1]


    

    
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'R01'