Not sure, but you could try: OUTPUT myfile.txt WRITE .vVarCharVariable OUTPUT SCREEN
Bill On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Luc Delcoigne <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks a lot, Bill.... > > You wouldn't by chance have any ideas how to get the text of my VARCHAR > field into the ascii file as txt ? > > I 've been trying to do this all day long....Haven't got a clue...other > than to purchase the RRTFtoTXT plug in ? > > Goodnight, > > Luc Delcoigne > > *From:* Bill Downall <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:58 PM > *To:* RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [RBASE-L] - re: line count in ascii file > > Luc, > > SET VAR vAsciiFileName TEXT = 'MyFile.txt' > SET VAR vNumberOfLines INTEGER = NULL > DROP TABLE LinesOfText > > CREATE TEMP TABLE LinesOfText (LineOfText TEXT (200) ) > > LOAD LinesOfText FROM .vAsciiFileName AS FORMATTED USING LineOfText 1 200 > > SELECT COUNT (*) INTO vNumberOfLines FROM LinesOfText > > Bill > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Luc Delcoigne <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Is there a simple way/command in R:base to count the lines in a ascii file >> ? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Luc delcoigne >> >> > >
