Hello Wayne, Yup, I've gone through pretty much the same routine using Excel or OpenOffice Calc for years now... which is the reason I'm looking for a Rev based solution. I hope to add the functionality to my application, giving the end user a way off that treadmill. :)
Thanks for your reply just the same! David On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:33 PM, wayne durden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David: > > I have to do this all the time for datasets I process. If you need to do it > quick and dirty one off, rather than code up a routine in rev, you can open > the dataset in excel. If the field three data is numerical you can get rid > of the comma by selecting the column then using format cells and choose the > numeric type without the comma. If it is text stuff then you select the > column and use replace to replace the commas with some other item or nothing > at all. > > Once I have done this and saved out the file, I would still open in in a > text editor and zap any quotes with a replace there.... > > I know this isn't the rev function answer, but it is quick and easy if the > problem isn't recurring.... > > wayne _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
