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I have a routine that works like this...

D Commas          s              3  0 Dim(10)inz(*zeros) 
...
c                   reset                   commas                    
c     ','           scan      srcdta        commas                    
                                                                      
c                   eval      fld1 = %subst(srcdta:1:commas(1)-1)     
                                                                      
c                   eval      fld2 = %subst(srcdta:                   
c                                           commas(1)+1:              
c                                          (commas(2)-commas(1))-1)   
                                                                      
c                   eval      fld3 = %subst(srcdta:                   
c                                           commas(2)+1:              
c                                          (commas(3)-commas(2))-1)   
...
Just include fld1,2,3 in a datastructure...

The scan function, places all the occurance of the ',' in an arrary...  My
data is pretty consitent so I didn't bother with much error checking, since
this is an interactive process, and I visually check my data from this
program.

Tim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David A Parnin [SMTP:daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:30 PM
> To:   midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      Parse variable length, delimited, data into a data
> structure?
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> > I could probably write something myself, but if there's code out there
> > already, why reinvent the wheel?
> 
> Because Goodyear tires may act unpredictably on your Ford Explorer?  :)
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