>Robert,
>
>I'd just use tables
>
>

create cursor SecondAscii ( cText c(250) )
>create cursor FirstAscii ( cText c(250) )
>append from FirstAscii.txt type sdf
>scan
>   if ( "search text" $ cText )
>      insert into SecondAscii values ( "what to put there" )
>   endif
>endscan

>
>You could speed the process up if the insert just went ahead and put field values into the table.
>
>>I need to read in a ascii file and do a string search on each line and
>>denpending on what is found with the string search, I will write out to another ascii file. The form will be:
>>open first ascii file
>>open second ascii file
>>do while .t.
>> read in a line of the first ascii
>> if search criteria is met
>> write out a line to the second ascii file
>> else
>> loop
>>endif
>>endo
>>
>>I will then do a APPEND FROM to bring the second ascii file into a vfp dbf. Any ideas?
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Hi David and thanks for your help.. :)