Hi Matthew,
> Hi List,
>
> I have a quick question if anyone has time to respond.
>
> I would like to know how to search a file for a line beginning with some
> id number, and then to extract that line and read each item into a
> separate variable name.
>
> Many thanks
>
here's a quick and (hopefully not too) dirty one:
##supposed your file is a text-file...
put url"file:" & "the_path/to_your/file.txt" into whatsoever
get lineoffset("your_id_number", whatsoever)
set the itemdel to xxx ## replace xxx with your itemdelimiter
put line it of whatsoever into the_line
put item 1 of the_line into etc...
...not tested, but should do the job.
If in doubt, consult your dealer or this list or me off-list ;-)
Regards
Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MetaScape GmbH
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