Thanks for the suggestion. Actually the way I am processing the data from the end makes it faster for what I need in the long run.
I finally got it working but now I need to clean it up and probably re think it again since I did it so many different ways. Thanks to everyone for your help! JB > On May 28, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > JB wrote: > > > When I read the data is put into it so I was putting empty > > into it after the read to make sure it was clear. > > > > I tried not putting empty into it and used, > > repeat until it = empty > > > > but apparently it never became empty. > > When I read your earlier description I thought you were reading only portions > of the file. It seems here you're processing all of the data in the file. > > What are you doing with the data? > > I wonder if there may be an opportunity to simplify things by reading the > file in its natural order, and reversing the results derived from it. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
