Hey,

I gratefully thank you for your wisdom!

Here is a very important question. If I have a file with variable length records, how can i make the records that same size? 

Ent, Name,
SC011, BUN,
Tester,
Value,
#1008
Ent, Name,
FS0022L, FUN,
TL0324, PLEASE,
Tester,
Value,
#1002
Ent, Name,
SC004, TAKE,
K530, RUN,
Tester,
Value,
#1001

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If the data between "Ent" and "Tester" are different as far as having one or two entries, how can I make the entries equal two and so on by adding new lines followed by commas. Each record in the file may have more than one entry between "Ent" and "Tester." If one record in the file has one entry between "Ent" and "Tester", and the others have eight, two, three,..... How would I alter each record with new lines to have the same number of lines. In the above case, the highest number would be two; but this could be higher in the file I have.

Please help!

Edit Petruchio Wed May 22 02:01:42 UTC 2002 - Added code tags, other markup.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Print record by column key by vanuatu10
in thread Print record by column key by vanuatu10

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