MI MapInfo Problem

[Nigam Desai]

Hi All,
I have just joined this list today and frankly, dont know what to expect. So, here is my problem :

I am using the 'Export File' MapBasic command to create a text file.

Export l_table Into "locdata.txt" Type "ASCII" OverWrite

I have 3 fields, first of which is a character field storing data in the format "99999.9.9" (e.g. 34551.1.0) - and the other 2 fields are floats. When I use the above command, it displays the 1st field between quotes (like "34551.1.0") and then the other 2 fields, all are tab-delimited.
BUT, I need to drop the quotes from the 1st field!!! This text file is used as an input to another tool, and this file format is standard format (cannot interchange the fields) and that tool doesnt accept records which do not begin with a digit!! Please help!

I tried Val(field), but it displays 34551.1 (and drops the .0).

The file has to be tab delimited and the 1st character has to be a digit.

Please, please give me some idea/suggestion ... anything.

Thanks a lot.

Nigam


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