hidden character ?

[Bruce Easton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Steven
> Waters
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:12 PM
> To: Filepro List
> Subject: hidden character ?
>
>
> SCO UNIX / FP5.0.14
>
> I'm Back!
> Thanks again for all of the help on Monday & Tuesday.
>
> After importing my data from csv to Filepro
> (not really csv, I changed the "," to "~")
> the very last field that imported has a
> question mark at the end of the data like this;
>
> Triumph Controls?
>
> When I print out the field the "?" is gone.
> What is this character that I am seeing?
> Is my import wrong?
>
> import ascii imp = /f/appl/fpmerge/tgicaps.csv r=\n f=~
>
> Thanks Again?
> Steve?

Could be the Ctrl-M's that I mentioned.  Before importing your file, on
*nix, view it in vi.  If you see the Ctrl-M's at the end of each line (^M),
then remove them in vi with:

:g/^M/s/^M//g <ret>

(hold down Ctrl key and type v immediately followed by m to get the ^M in
the ed command)

Bruce




Bruce Easton
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