>>>
>>>maybe she needed a weight for pressing flowers!!??
>>>
>>>two hours to change * to , ..... you must be kidding?
>>>

>>>
>>>open text file
>>>create output text file
>>>read input text file into string_variable
>>>
>>>do while not eof(text file)
>>>   output_string = ""
>>>   for i = 1 to len(string_variable)
>>>      if substr( string_variable, i, 1 )="*"
>>>         output_string = output_string + ","
>>>      else
>>>         output_string = output_string + substr( string_variable, i, 1)
>>>      endif
>>>   next i
>>>   write output_string to output file
>>>   read next string_variable
>>>enddo
>>>close all
>>>end
>>>

>>>
>>>send check payable to Warwick Information Technology! Thanks for your business.... ;~) low level file i/o routines are great!
>>
>>Lucien:
>>
>>Note the place where I work! Of COURSE it will take 2 hours to convert!
>>
>>1.5 hours for the committee to DECIDE to do it
>> .5 hours for the coding and testing
>>
>>[donchajustLOVEbureaucracy :)]
>
>is this a new leaf (Truth in Bureaucracy)? how refreshing! :~>

Sorry, folks, Truth in Bureaucracy is another oxymoron ;-)