Re: changing two fields in a file

[boothm@xxxxxxx]

The numeric field needs 1990 added to it (it is a year field) and the
alpha field is 1 through B for months of the year.  What is causing the
brain flat is the other 108 fields.  Am I really looking at 108 moves?


In <37BCAC27.F7E35EF0@datadesigninc.com>, on 08/19/99 
   at 08:15 PM, nina jones <ddi@datadesigninc.com> said:


>> 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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