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Wed, Apr 29 2009 12:52 PMPermanent Link

"Rita"
I would like a tool to convert text pages into
csv files. Each day I cut and paste horse race
results to a text file then I have to enter the
delimiters manually or womanlly in my case Wink

For example see line below...
2   11 Valley Of Giants  10-10  M J Bolger (2)  Mrs J Harrington  7 12/1

I then add ,

2 , 11,Valley Of Giants ,10-10 , M J Bolger (2) , Mrs J Harrington , 7, 12/1

With all the data thieving going on out there in the world there must be an
easyway.

Thanks Rita

Wed, Apr 29 2009 2:07 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

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Rita,

<< I would like a tool to convert text pages into csv files. Each day I cut
and paste horse race results to a text file then I have to enter the
delimiters manually or womanlly in my case Wink>>

The problem is trying to figure out what constitutes the place where the
delimiter should go.  Are they consistently using two spaces for separating
data values, or is there some other pattern that can be used ?

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Wed, Apr 29 2009 2:42 PMPermanent Link

"Rita"

"Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
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> The problem is trying to figure out what constitutes the place where the
> delimiter should go.  Are they consistently using two spaces for
> separating data values, or is there some other pattern that can be used ?
>

Nope I did hear of such a thing sometime back, and I could also
digout my optical recognition stuff, I did a reverse telephone book
with that once. I was just wondering if some tool had slipped by
my radar.
My 1st job when I dropped outa school in the 60's was as a
shipping clerk. Row upon row of girls filling in forms in triplicate.
400 girls infact my hubby was on loan from Cambridge to Liverpool
uni and he came to our office to computerise our system.
He wasnt my hubby then but I stalked him Winkanyway them same
400 girls all knuckled down and did all the records from day 1.
I wish I had that fire power think of all the data u could copy.
Mmmmmm Rita Capone

Thu, Apr 30 2009 2:05 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

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Rita,

<< Nope I did hear of such a thing sometime back, and I could also digout my
optical recognition stuff, I did a reverse telephone book with that once. I
was just wondering if some tool had slipped by my radar. >>

Not that I'm aware of.  It's a doozy of a problem, that's for sure.

<< My 1st job when I dropped outa school in the 60's was as a shipping
clerk. Row upon row of girls filling in forms in triplicate. 400 girls
infact my hubby was on loan from Cambridge to Liverpool uni and he came to
our office to computerise our system. He wasnt my hubby then but I stalked
him Winkanyway them same 400 girls all knuckled down and did all the records
from day 1. I wish I had that fire power think of all the data u could copy.
>>

Yes, that's a lot of fingers. Smiley

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

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