Hi!

John, ALINES() always produce array of strings no matter what format string had. So you have to use the VAL() function:

REPLACE RaceNumber WITH val(aAr(3))

HTH.


>Here is the code for my problem. I create RaceNumber as N(2) in my create
>table command but I get a type mismatch when I go to replace it. I have been
>programming for many years (17) and I know this should be as simple as pie. I'm
>new to Foxpro though. Is it always going to be like this. I have heard good
>things about foxpro, but if something that should take seconds to do takes
>hours to get to work right I'm screwed.
>
>
>
>PROCEDURE ImportData
>LOCAL cFileName AS STRING, cCurDir AS STRING, vnRecCnt AS INTEGER
>LOCAL cStr AS STRING, nC AS INTEGER, nR AS INTEGER
>
>DIMENSION aAr(1,1435)
>
>IF FILE("testdbf.dbf")
>ERASE "testdbf.dbf"
>ENDIF
>SET NULL ON
>IF ! FILE("testdbf.dbf")
>CREATE TABLE TESTDBF ( RaceID C(13), ;
>RaceTrack C(3) , ;
>RaceDate C(8) , ;
>RaceNumber N(2) , ;
>RaceClass C(20) )
>ELSE
>SELECT 1
>USE TESTDBF ALIAS tes
>ENDIF
>cCurDir = myCurDir() && My own function
>CD download
>cFileName = GETFILE('MCP', 'Multicaps data file:', 'Open', 1, 'Select a Data File')
>* nHamdle is public, I will use it threwout the program since I only ever have
>* 1 file open at a time...
>nHandle = FOPEN(cFileName)
>nC = 1
>nR = 1
>DIMENSION aAr(1435)
>
>DO WHILE ! FEOF(nHandle)
>nR = nR + 1
>vcStr = FGETS(nHandle, 8192)
>vnRecCnt = ALINES(aAr, CHRTRAN(CHRTRAN(vcStr, ["], ""), ",", CHR(13)))
>APPEND BLANK
>REPLACE RaceID WITH IIF(LEN(ALLTRIM(aAr(1))) = 2,aAr(1) + "X",aAr(1)) + aAr(2) + TRANSFORM( aAr(3),"99")
>REPLACE RaceTrack WITH IIF(LEN(ALLTRIM(aAr(1))) = 2,aAr(1) + "X",aAr(1))
>REPLACE RaceDate WITH aAr(2)
>REPLACE RaceNumber WITH aAr(3)
>REPLACE RaceClass WITH aAr(11)
>@ 10,10 SAY "Record # " + STR(nR,3)
>ENDDO
>FCLOSE(nHandle)
>CD ..
>SELECT 1
>USE
>ENDPROC
>
>
>aAr(3) is a number. It is not a number in a string ie: "1".
>This should work. aAr(3) will never be empty either. The file looks like this:
>
>"AP ","20010708", 1, 1,,1540,"D",,"C","BUM","Clm 5000n1y",
>
>You can see the 3rd field is a numeric 1.
>
>I don't know what else to do.