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It's just a different separator character. If I dismember correctly, an
ascii tab is 0x09, a space is 0x20. An ebcdic tab is 0x05, and a space
is 0x40. A <something>.TXT file name is just that. The name doesn't say
anything about whether the data is delimited, or what the delimiter
might be. On a windows system, get a copy of a hex viewer (check Google)
V (a viewer/editor) works well, and see what's really in there. You
should be able to display tab characters if you have MS Word, WordPad or
TextPad. Maybe Notepad too, I don't remember, and I've no Windows boxes
around.
Pete Hall
pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Burns, Bryan wrote:
| Can someone explain the difference between tab delimited and space
delimited files, and how this could be controlled with Brad Stone's
SPLTOOL? This is in respect to a file we've always sent as .TXT to
another company and the user is saying it's now space delimited and he'd
like it tab delimited as it used to be. We've always sent it as text
and continue to do so. Could their mail server be reformatting the .TXT
from tab to space delimited?
| Thanks,
|
|
| Bryan Burns
| iSeries Specialist
| IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries System Command Operations
| M.I.S. Department
| ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment
| www.echo-usa.com
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