Date:         Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:39:55 +1100
Reply-To:     Simon Freidin <s.freidin@iaesr.unimelb.edu.au>
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From:         Simon Freidin <s.freidin@iaesr.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject:      Re: String variables:  breaking a list into it's parts
Comments: To: "Johnson, Wendy SBCCOM(N)" <Wendy.Johnson@natick.army.mil>
In-Reply-To:  <5.2.0.9.2.20021203092254.00ad6da0@clyde.its.unimelb.edu.au>
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Oops, the e-mail strips out the tabs in the first data read

edit the data block so there is a tab between the id # and the start of list
>begin data
>2341    skittles
>3333    cheese, peanut butter
>4213    beef curry, green eggs and ham, skittles
>1125    cigarettes, beverage base, m&ms, gatorade, twix
>1238    gum, peanuts, grape juice, coffee, potato chips
>end data.

Simon


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