I'm sorry about being grumpy about this, but what you all are saying is to essentially rewrite my own FTG^%ZISH function.
Yes, I can open a file and write an input function. But when one has to go back and rewrite one's API, its hard to get work done. Kevin --- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. 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