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Re: changing two fields in a file

  • Subject: Re: changing two fields in a file
  • From: nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:15:19 -0500
  • Organization: Data Design Inc. http://www.datadesigninc.com
 

> 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?


what's the problem?  the alpha field turning numeric?  

nj
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