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From: williamkow on 6 Jun 2010 07:59
There are 2 text files:

(1) Text file with 4 columns, each fields are separated by tab-delimited.
Each line represent one record.

(2) Text file with 1 column only, it is a list of the data for look-up.

I wish to read the data in third column (field) in the first text file, and
then check against the second text file.

If the data can be found in the second text file, then read next line in
first text file.

If the data cannot be found in the second text file, then this field content
will be replaced with a fixed text (hardcoded).

Please advice and many thanks in advance.
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 6 Jun 2010 08:18
"williamkow" <williamkow(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> There are 2 text files:
>
> (1) Text file with 4 columns, each fields are separated by tab-delimited.
> Each line represent one record.
>
> (2) Text file with 1 column only, it is a list of the data for look-up.
>
> I wish to read the data in third column (field) in the first text file,
> and
> then check against the second text file.
>
> If the data can be found in the second text file, then read next line in
> first text file.
>
> If the data cannot be found in the second text file, then this field
> content
> will be replaced with a fixed text (hardcoded).
>
> Please advice and many thanks in advance.

Let's have a look at the code you've got so far. As a general hint: To
process tab-delimited strings, use the Split function.

From: Mayayana on 6 Jun 2010 10:42
I'd proceed along the lines of Pegasus's hint: Read in
the file, use Split with vbCrLf to get an array of lines, then
use Split with Chr(9) (tab) to get an array of fields for
each record. From there you can access and handle the
data easily.

| There are 2 text files:
|
| (1) Text file with 4 columns, each fields are separated by tab-delimited.
| Each line represent one record.
|
| (2) Text file with 1 column only, it is a list of the data for look-up.
|
| I wish to read the data in third column (field) in the first text file,
and
| then check against the second text file.
|
| If the data can be found in the second text file, then read next line in
| first text file.
|
| If the data cannot be found in the second text file, then this field
content
| will be replaced with a fixed text (hardcoded).
|
| Please advice and many thanks in advance.


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