Thank you for the suggestion. char(160) works like a charm and does not get truncated. I will try this when I upload files next time. Hopefully the extended ASCII blank space is accepted. If there are any problems, I'll seek further assistance.
James
James: Try using the "hard space" character in place of the ASCII "soft space":
clear all varset var vSpc TEXT = (char(160))set var vfile text = ('test'+ format(.#date,'_YYYYMMDD')+ '.txt')SET VAR vline01 TEXT = (SFIL(.vSpc,50))SET VAR vline02 TEXT = (SFIL(.vSpc,50))SET VAR vline03 TEXT = (SFIL(.vSpc,50))set var vline01 = (sput(.vline01, 'DATA',1))set var vline02 = (sput(.vline02, 'DATA',45))set var vline03 = (sput(.vline03, 'DATA',30))set var vifexist integer = (chkfile(.vfile))if vifexist = 1 then; delete .vfile; endifoutput .vfileWRITE .vline01 USING '%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'WRITE .vline02 USING '%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'WRITE .vline03 USING '%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'output screenlaunch .vfilereturn
Ok, so that only gets you the front end. Will think about the back end. Maybe SKEEP or SKEEPI are worth a look.
Best Regards, Bruce
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------ Original Message ------From "James W. Kim, CPA, MBA" <[email protected]>Date 11/3/2023 1:29:45 PMSubject [RBASE-L] - creating text file with blank spaces in tact
---- create 50 x 3 block without truncating blank spacesI'm trying to generate a text file shaped like a rectangle, where each row is of equal length and includes blank spaces. My aim is to create a rectangle that consists of 3 rows, each with 50 columns. However, I'm encountering an issue where the blank spaces are being truncated in the resulting text file. Does anyone have a reliable method for crafting a rectangular text box that preserves all blank spaces without trimming them?
I am currently using version X.5 build 10.5.5.20615
clear all var
set var vSpc TEXT = (char(32))
set var vfile text = ('test'+ format(.#date,'_YYYYMMDD')+ '.txt')
SET VAR vline01 TEXT = (SFIL(.vSpc,50))
SET VAR vline02 TEXT = (SFIL(.vSpc,50))
SET VAR vline03 TEXT = (SFIL(.vSpc,50))
set var vline01 = (sput(.vline01, 'DATA',1))
set var vline02 = (sput(.vline02, 'DATA',45))
set var vline03 = (sput(.vline03, 'DATA',30))
set var vifexist integer = (chkfile(.vfile))
if vifexist = 1 then; delete .vfile; endif
output .vfile
WRITE .vline01 USING '%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'
WRITE .vline02 USING '%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'
WRITE .vline03 USING '%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'
output screen
launch .vfile
return
Thank you in advance,
James Kim
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