Hi,
Here is another "dumb" question.
I have a table (.DBF) a segment of which looks like this:
ID_FIELD
'ABC'
'CBS'
'NBC'
'NBC'
'NBC'
'XYZ'
'MMY1'
'MMY1'
So some records have an ID that already exists. Other records have unique ID.
I want to run this table through a PRG and add a suffix '1', or '2', or '3' (depending on each duplicate record). So that the above table would look like this:
ID_FIELD
'ABC'
'CBS'
'NBC1'
'NBC2'
'NBC3'
'XYZ'
'MMY11'
'MMY12'
What I tried:
I set index on the field ID_FIELD. Then DO WHILE and DO WHILE. But as soon as I replace the ID_FIELD with a new ID (with a suffix '1', or '2') it goes out of scope.
What do you suggest?
TIA
UPDATE. I can solve the above by having a dummy field (suffix c(10)) and scan the records updating only field suffix and not ID_FIELD. Then adding suffix to the ID_FIELD.
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