Re[2]: READ command in SQR 3 vs. 4

[Richard Mitchell <richard.mitchell@GSA.GOV>]

     Just a thought. Can the files be re-written replacing the <SPACE> with
     a <NON-SPACE> character, then run a convert routine after the data is
     read, prior to decoding?

     Lots of work...but just a thought.


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Subject: Re: READ command in SQR 3 vs. 4
Author:  "john walker" <john_a._walker@firstenergycorp.com> at internet
Date:    9/22/98 1:27 PM


I am already doing this.  It's the blanks at the end of the record that I
need!  As a little more background, the file that I'm reading consists of
encoded data and I need to preserve all the blanks in order to decode
properly.

 I would appreciate any other ideas that you have.






Albert Howard <starbukk@concentric.net> on 09/22/98 09:40:05 AM

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Subject:  Re: READ command in SQR 3 vs. 4




Read the entire record into one variable and use a let $var = substr(...)
command populate the individual fields. Then you get everything.
At 07:37 AM 9/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>In SQR Ver 3.0 the manual states when using the READ command, "after being
>transferred, trailing blanks in the variable are omitted".  This is
causing
>me some heartburn as I need to preserve all the characters in the file
that
>I am reading in.  Does this same problem occur in SQR Ver 4?  Has anyone
>else hit this problem and developed a workaround?  I thought of using the
>length function but I don't know how long the string should be in order to
>determine if the blanks have been removed.  Thanks in advance for your
>help.
>