PE> P.S. Could you send me an updated copy of your database of stock purchases 
PE> done by me?  Thanks.  BTW, I now have my own database-format for the thing, 
PE> previously I have only entered them as an English description of what I'd 
PE> done.

Here is the conversion program if you are interested...

/*********************************************************************/
/*                                                                   */
/*  This Program Written by Paul Edwards, 3:711/934{at}fidonet.         */
/*  Released to the Public Domain                                    */
/*                                                                   */
/*********************************************************************/

#include 
#include 

typedef struct {
    char buysell[4];
    char asxcode[10];
    char saleDate[20];
    char quantity[20];
    char sd[20];
    char brokerage[20];
    char filler[10];
    char who[5];
    char basePrice[20];
    char totalPrice[20];
    char salePrice[20];
} STOCKREC;
    
static STOCKREC stockrec;
static char buf[200];
static char tokens[50][50];

static void tokenise(void);
static void stripquote(char *p);
static void allocate(void);

int main(void)
{
    while (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin) != NULL)
    {
        tokenise();
        allocate();
        fprintf(stdout, 
                "%s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s\n",
                stockrec.saleDate,
                stockrec.buysell,
                stockrec.asxcode,
                stockrec.quantity,
                stockrec.salePrice,
                stockrec.basePrice,
                stockrec.brokerage,
                stockrec.sd,
                "0",
                stockrec.totalPrice);
    }
    return (0);
}

static void tokenise(void)
{
    char *p;
    char *q;
    int x = 0;
    
    q = buf;
    while ((p = strchr(q, ',')) != NULL)
    {
        *p = '\0';       
        stripquote(q);
        strcpy(tokens[x], q);
        q = p + 1;
        x++;
    }
    p = strchr(q, '\n');
    if (p != NULL)
    {
        *p = '\0';
    }
    stripquote(q);
    strcpy(tokens[x], q);
}

static void stripquote(char *p)
{
    size_t x;
    
    if (*p == '"')
    {
        memmove(p, p + 1, strlen(p));
    }
    if (*p == '-')
    {
        memmove(p, p + 1, strlen(p));
    }
    x = strlen(p);
    if (x > 0)
    {
        x--;
        if (p[x] == '"')
        {
            p[x] = '\0';
        }
    }
    return;
}

static void allocate(void)
{
    char *p;
    int y, m, d;
    
    strcpy(stockrec.buysell, tokens[0]);    
    if (strcmp(stockrec.buysell, "I") == 0)
    {
        strcpy(stockrec.buysell, "B");
    }
    else if (strcmp(stockrec.buysell, "D") == 0)
    {
        strcpy(stockrec.buysell, "S");
    }
    strcpy(stockrec.asxcode, tokens[1]);    
    strcpy(stockrec.saleDate, tokens[2]);
    sscanf(stockrec.saleDate, "%d/%d/%d", &d, &m, &y);
    sprintf(stockrec.saleDate, "%.4d-%.2d-%.2d", 1900 + y, m, d);
    strcpy(stockrec.quantity, tokens[3]);
    p = strstr(stockrec.quantity, ".00");
    if (p != NULL)
    {
        if (strcmp(p, ".00") == 0)
        {
            *p = '\0';
        }
    }
    strcpy(stockrec.sd, tokens[4]);
    if (strcmp(stockrec.sd, "") == 0)
    {
        strcpy(stockrec.sd, "0");
    }
    strcpy(stockrec.brokerage, tokens[5]);    
    if (strcmp(stockrec.brokerage, "") == 0)
    {
        strcpy(stockrec.brokerage, "0");
    }
    strcpy(stockrec.filler, tokens[6]);    
    strcpy(stockrec.who, tokens[7]);    
    strcpy(stockrec.basePrice, tokens[8]);
    strcpy(stockrec.totalPrice, tokens[9]);    
    strcpy(stockrec.salePrice, tokens[10]);    
    return;
}
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