I bring another question to the echo...
 
 I am trying to find a way to compare data in a file to a text file. Here's a 
sample of what I am trying to do:
 
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TYPE SampleDataFile
 Field1 AS STRING * 50
 Field2 AS INTEGER
 Field3 AS INTEGER
END TYPE
 
DIM Sample AS SampleDataFile
 
A% = FREEFILE
 OPEN "TEST.TXT" FOR INPUT AS #A%
  'TEST.TXT can vary in number of lines.
  'would like to put this in memory without writing to disk.
   WHILE NOT EOF(A%)
    INPUT #A%, Entry1$, Entry2%
      'Where to put the data????
   WEND
 
B% = FREEFILE
  OPEN "TEST.DAT" FOR RANDOM AS #B% LEN = LEN(Sample)
   NumRecs% = LOF(B%)/LEN(Sample)
    FOR C% = 1 TO NumRecs%
     GET #B%, C%, Sample
       L1$ = Sample.Field1 'assign a work string
       L2% = Sample.Field2
        'In this part, I want to compare L2% with
        'each entry in A% & look for a match with Entry2%
        'If L2% = Entry2%, I want to increment Sample.Field3
    NEXT C%
   CLOSE #B%
 
'Finally, in this part I will create a text file showing the results
'Need a way to retrieve them from memory.
 
END
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...anyone....?????
 
-Ron
 
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