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Re: ReadList, mix Words & Numbers?

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  • Subject: [mg30912] Re: ReadList, mix Words & Numbers?
  • From: Robert Love <rlove at neosoft.com>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 01:49:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Mariusz Jankowski  wrote :

>>
>> My general question is:  How do I read a line of mixed text and numbers
>and
>> extract just the numbers?  All advice appreciated.
>>
>>
>
>
>Robert, here is the solution. I used the following approach - read the data
>as a list of records and use string operations to locate the numbers and
>extract.
[string manipulation deleted]

I see what you've done and can proceed along that route.  Thanks for that.  
In my original post I asked was it there a way to mix reads of words and numbers by specifiying the type.  I guess there isn't.



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