I have an import process that takes variable length fields that include spaces delimited by spaces in an ascii stream sprinkled with new lines. I read the file into a string and then split it delimited by spaces into a list and then clean it up looking for various templates in the data. The hard part was easy in Python and it will clean up a relatively large file with blinding speed! I have written the same routine in VFP and it takes considerably longer. That may not surprise you guys, but it surprised me.
The problem I am having is that when I convert the list back into a string to write it to a file, I am trying to write a record of data with a new line at the end. My string looks sort of like this: "'field','field','\n','field','field','\n'" I can't seem to be able to get the '\n' to work as a new line. I can't count bytes because the fields are all variable length. Any assistance will be appreciated. -- Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] SanDC, Inc. 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-users/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
