Lou,
I was trying to use the ReadStream, but the issue is to get execution to go
back to the top. If I send the upToEnd message, it still executes from the
same line and goes through the rest of the tests.
Sincerely,
Joe.
> On May 9, 2016, at 3:56 PM, Louis LaBrunda [via Smalltalk]
> <ml-node+s1294792n4894128...@n4.nabble.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> You can map your collection to a stream and then use the stream methods to
> traverse the
> collection.
>
> stream := ReadStream on: myCollection.
> [stream atEnd] whileFalse: [:item |
> item := stream next.
> "I'm not sure upToEnd is the right method here but it is close. Look around,
> I'm sure you will
> find what you need."
> item doSomeWork.
> (when you think you are done with item) ifTrue: [stream
> upToEnd].
> ].
>
> Lou
>
> On Mon, 9 May 2016 16:00:58 -0500, Joseph Alotta <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> >I dont think any of the solutions work for my case.
> >
> >I want to evaluate several different variable for each step, make
> >calculations and if all of the conditions are met, then skip to the next
> >item, otherwise, do the next step of calculations.
> >
> >The project is reading comma deliminated bank or credit card files, taking a
> >column of data, counting various characters, and trying to determine what
> >kind of data it is. For example, a column of data with two slash characters
> >and eight digits per line is likely to be a date field. A column of data
> >with more than 3 letter characters and a percentage of digits and a
> >percentage of hash signs is likely to be a payee field. A column of data
> >with no spaces, no digits, no special characters is likely to be a type of
> >transaction field. A column of data with one period per item, and only
> >digits or a minus sign is likely to be a amount field, and a column of data
> >with a high percentage of zero length items and the rest having C or K and a
> >pound sign and four or more digits is likely to be a check number field.
> >
> >I am doing a lot of tests for each field and I dont think the switch is a
> >good fit.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Joe.
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