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st: Dictionary Files
From
David Jones <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: Dictionary Files
Date
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:03:13 -0400
Hi,
I have a fixed format text file that has about 100 variables from
which I only want to grab 7. The data file did not come with a
dictionary so I had to create my own, but when I run this I get the
error "Dictionary Invalid"
Here is my dictionary file:
infix dictionary using history.txt {
var_1 1-12
var_2 13-24
var_3 25-36
str30 var_4 857-886
str50 var_5 945-994
var_6 995-1006
var_7 1007-1018
}
I have another dictionary file that I created the exact same way (for
a different text file) that works. I can't figure out why this won't
work.
Thanks for your help!
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