Hi Diotalevi,

Unfortunately, this one didn't quite do the trick. It matches the first word of each column on the same line and prints out the first word/unit in each line, like this:

Indice

    1. KETER
                                                4. HESED              
+             131
1.  Quando la luce dell'infinito
2.  Abbiamo diversi e curiosi orologi       23. L'analogia dei contrar
+i            133
                                            24. Sauvez la faible Aisch
+a            136
    2. HOKMAH                               25. Questi misteriosi iniz
+iati         139
                                            26. Tutte le tradizioni de
+lla terra    141
3.  In hanc utilitatem clementes angeli

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Output

First column output:

Indice 1. 2. 3.

Second column output:

1. 4. Quando Abbiamo 24. 2. 26. In

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The output reminds me of one of William Burroughs' ideas. Really cool, actually, but not what I had in mind. Obviously better than I could come up with, though. Plus you didn't have the input file to test it. And of course, the big AND... you came up with your code in about five minutes, well 16 minutes, but you were answering other questions, too.

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Allolex

In reply to Re: Re: making a single column out of a two-column text file by allolex
in thread making a single column out of a two-column text file by allolex

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