I have some stuff where I just run a strtran(myfield, 'this value','') for removing bad data, and put the value in for replacements. It seems to work fine.
John Harvey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Kixmoeller/fh Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:49 PM To: Profox Subject: Parse "Replace" commands Hey - - -- -- I have a program with a whole, uh, "spitload" of "replace" commands. This is something that started out innocently enough, but has grown to one ugly dog. Mostly the commands are mixed up thusly: replace all ; <field1> with "Literal Value1" ; for <field1> = "crappy literal value" with the occasional replace all ; <field1> with "Literal Value1", ; <field2> with "Different Value2" ; for <field1> = "crappy literal value" -- thrown in just for fun. I have come to believe that it would be better to parse this dog, and put the seek, replace1 and replace2 values in a table. Anybody done this parsing before? I suppose it would be a low-level file function thing, since we were talking about that the other day. (Which I remember but always hated.) Anybody done such a thing & willing to share? Ken [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/032401ca2a7d$0864e8f0$192eba...@[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
