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Parsers are processing components used to parse data from source text. Both messages (header fields and message body) and variables can be used as text sources.

The parsers are placed into the Parsers folder of the Components Palette.

The following parsers are available in AEP

Component	Description
Line Parser	Line-by-line parsing is used to parse data from source text with search line beginning and end conditions. Search runs throughout the entire text until the search line is found.
Block Parser	Block-by-block parsing is used to parse data from source text with search data block beginning and end conditions. Block may contain several lines.
Date Parser	Designed to convert line with time into user's format.
Regular Expression Parser	Designed to parse data from text sources using regular expressions. Data are parsed in the variables list.
Message Parser	Designed to parse data from a specified message parts to variables .