st" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem"><p>consume the start delimiter</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>get start element</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>consume the separator</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>get either last or end element depending on range settings</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>consume the end delimeter depending on range settings</p></li>
</ul></div>
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</p>
<p>Thus for a typical date period the contents of the input stream might look like this: </p>
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