hari,
What you want to do is create a flag variable as well as tell. This should give you an idea of how to get started.

The basic logic is this.

  • Store your position in the file with tell and read a line
  • Check to see if it contains data you are looking for
  • If no, reset the flag and move on as normal
  • If yes, check to see if your special flag is set
  • If yes, move on as normal
  • If no, go into sub-routine
  • When sub-routine returns, determine if it was succesful
  • If yes, move on as normal
  • If no, seek back to the position stored with tell, set your skip flag, use the redo command so that you do not actually read the next line in the file

    I am at work or I would actually write the code. If you need more assistance than the logic and the link to work this out, let me know and I will write it tonight when I get home.

    I hope this helps - cheers - L~R

    In reply to Re: Re: Re: point to previous line by Limbic~Region
    in thread point to previous line by hari

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