Date:         Wed, 12 May 1999 12:16:15 -0700
Reply-To:     "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@IBM.NET>
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From:         "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: line feeds inside strings
Comments: To: HERMANS1 <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
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Hi Sig:
 
Not positive but check the RECFM infile option; I believe if you treat it as binary then the CR/LF are just more "characters"; to read or not to read <g>!
 
At 02:52 PM 5/12/99 -0400, HERMANS1 wrote:
>How can one input variable values from a ASCII file when it has line feeds (MS
>CR/LF Hex 0D0A) embedded within fields?  We are trying to install a process
>that
>will work within MS Windows 95.  TIA Sig
 
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