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Re: st: Dictionary Files
From
David Jones <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Dictionary Files
Date
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:09:07 -0400
Perfect! I knew it was something outrageously simple!
Thanks!
David
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
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