Be cautious about # reads, though. You might end up blocking when the data isn't available. But, in any case, Chris is right, this sort of thisn is easy to code in M. --- Chris Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...or use fixed length reads, concatonate them into a buffer and > $PIECE them > off (separator by space) into convenient lengths for storage or > display. > Most of the M engines out there can handle 510 character strings, so > 250 > character fixed reads (READ X#250) will do well for input. Process > down the > BUFFER you are extracting until the length of the BUFFER gets shorter > than 2 > times the length of the output you want, refill the buffer with fixed > reads > until you get an X returned that is not 250 characters in length. > > This is pretty easy stuff for MUMPS. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maury Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Grrrr!!! FTG^%ZISH looses data for > strings>255 characters > > > awk! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Hardhats Sourceforge" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:24 AM > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Grrrr!!! FTG^%ZISH looses data for > strings>255 > characters > > > > OK, I'm frustrated. > > > > My transcriptionists are using a wordprocessors that > > automatically wrap lines. Thus a paragraph is stored > > in a text file as one long line. This is often longer > > than 255 characters. I was under the impression that > > FTG^%ZISH was aware of this limitation and would wrap > > the line when uploading strings. > > > > It doesn't. > > > > This means that I now have many progress notes that > > have been erroneously truncated. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading > now. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=ick > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ===== A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
