Re: Formatting an unformatted file

[Don Schenck <schencd%AM_LZCH%VASELL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:::To all,
:::
:::I am going to be doing an application whereby I must read a file from a
:::PC that looks like this:
:::

<<snip>>

:::I have done this on a smaller scale in the past via the Brute Force And
:::Ignorance Method(1), but I can't believe there isn't an easier way to do
:::it.  This is not the forte of RPG, though the RPGIV syntax makes it a
:::lot easier.  Has anyone got or seen a good way that you can point me in
:::the direction of?  Thanks.


Jeff --

If you REALLY want to do this right, and make it completely "bulletproof" ...
check the November, 1988, issue of News/3X-400 magazine. Mel Beckman authored
an article about Finite State Machines, which is the way to implement something
like this.

Please contact me via e-mail (dons@schencktech.com) if you wish to discuss this
further. I'd love to help; I live for these types of challenges.

Peace,

-- Don "Feeling altruistic today" Schenck
www.SchenckTech.com

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