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AddTabs (version 1.1) Documentation
AddTabs will take a text file and replace a series of spaces of a given
length with a single tab. This is useful for converting lines of tabular
data (which have been padded with spaces instead of using tabs) to true
tab delimited data for import to a data base or for easier manipulation in
page layout programs (easier to reformat when not using monospaced fonts).
You must specify the maximum number of spaces to allow. If you specify 2,
any series of spaces 3 or greater will be replaced by one tab. All trailing
spaces will automatically be removed, but you have the option of replacing
leading spaces with tabs (if they total greater than the maximum allowable
spaces), or strip all leading spaces. If you choose 255 as the maximum
allowable spaces and strip leading spaces, all leading and trailing spaces
will be stripped. You also have the option of removing all characters with
ASCII values less than 9.
Limitations:
1. Line length is limited to 255 characters. Longer lines will be truncated.
2. Only files tagged as TEXT can be processed.
Changes for version 1.1:
1. Increased the size of the read buffer to improve performance.
2. Added error handling. No more bombs when disk fills.
Files Included:
1. AddTabs 1.1 - Compiled application
2. AddTabs 1.1 Docs - This file
If you like the program, have any questions about its operation, or find
any bugs, please let me know. I can be reached through any the following
addresses:
COMPUSERVE: 70167,3444 or 72245,1553 - GENIE: JWIND - MCIMAIL: JWIND