Date:         Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:26:00 -0600
Reply-To:     Alan Churchill <EmailMeDirectly@ThisWebSite-erratix.us>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Alan Churchill <EmailMeDirectly@THISWEBSITE-ERRATIX.US>
Subject:      Re: Text Editor?

UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit,
UltraEdit, UltraEdit,
UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit, UltraEdit,
UltraEdit, UltraEdit


It is almost a defacto standard in SAS consulting and will do just about
everything you need on text files. i think the cost is around $30.


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Alan Churchill

Savian
"Bridging SAS and Microsoft technologies"
(719) 687-5954



"x x" <sas_user2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote in message
news:20040701030235.5800.qmail@web90009.mail.scd.yahoo.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Not exactly a SAS question so I apologize if its not approppriate.
>
> I am dealing with large number of fixed length text (flat) files. Prior to
bringing them into SAS i need to manually scan for errors and in some cases
do blanket modifications/changes/editing, etc.
>
> I am looking for a text editor (preferably shareware or free) that would
quickly allow me to conver text into fixed columns as column manipulation is
required and quickly revert back to the original text file format after
modifications.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> SU
>
>
>
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