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Re: st: Dictionary Files
From
Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Dictionary Files
Date
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:22:12 -0400
You need to put an empty line at the end of the dictionary. Better
yet, write a couple of stars and an 'end of file' message.
Best, Sergiy Radyakin
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:03 PM, David Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a fixed format text file that has about 100 variables from
> which I only want to grab 7. The data file did not come with a
> dictionary so I had to create my own, but when I run this I get the
> error "Dictionary Invalid"
>
> Here is my dictionary file:
>
> infix dictionary using history.txt {
>
> var_1 1-12
> var_2 13-24
> var_3 25-36
> str30 var_4 857-886
> str50 var_5 945-994
> var_6 995-1006
> var_7 1007-1018
>
> }
>
> I have another dictionary file that I created the exact same way (for
> a different text file) that works. I can't figure out why this won't
> work.
>
>
> Thanks for your help!
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