RE: changing two fields in a file

["Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)" <LGoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CHGPF?? 

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> From: boothm@ibm.net [SMTP:boothm@ibm.net]
> Sent: Thursday, 19 August, 1999 3:01 PM
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> Subject:      changing two fields in a file
> 
> I am thinking this is easy but I have been able to really complicate it.
> 
> I have a file where the record has 110 fields in it.   Two of those fields
> are to be changed, one from 1 alpha to 4 numeric, the other from 1 numeric
> to 4 numeric.
> 
> This seems to me to be a 15 line program but it isn't turning out that
> way.  Any ideas of a good fast algorithym to do it?
> 
> tnx
> 
> 
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