On 8/26/05 8:31 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All. > > I've read a binary file containing entries in a database and put each record > on > a line in a field. > > I dont know how to write in a wee square so imagine the 9 is a square. > > The fields has records in it like this > 999oppn9999date9999loca9999rslt9999fltr9999note9999rec1999rec2 > 999rec399rec4999rec599rec6 > Now the number of squares can be variable (normally from 2->4) and the line > can > have blank spaces in it (not in amongst the squares) You can use a variation of the code I mentioned a few days ago... at that time, I was trying to convert space runs of 1 or more spaces to only be 1 space. You can use the same approach for converting your box characters to some other delimiter (like a tab) for easy processing. Something likes this (assuming your boxes are something like numToChar(1)): put replaceText(tData,numToChar(1) & "+",tab) into tData HTH, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution