Re: Help with replacing LFs with CRs for //e

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Mike Pfaiffer wrote:

>        Simple Applesoft program. I presume you can write the program on your
>own
>if I give you directions.
>
>1)      Take care of opening the input file and an output file.
>2)      Read in a single character from the input file
>3a)     If there is an error then close both files (end of file) and go to
>step 5
>3b)     Compare the input character to chr$(10) - if it is then send chr$(13)
>to the output file
>3c)     If the input character isn't chr$(10) then send it to the output file
>4)      Start over with step 2
>5)      Do what you want with the two files
>
>
>        This program is very slow. There is a ProDOS call which allows the
>end of
>line character to be changed. You may consider using this to change it to
>chr$(10) and performing an input rather than a get. Then use a print with
>a ";" (no end of line) then manually insert the chr$(13) with a ";". This
>should be faster.

Or just write the line with a print with no ";"--that will write the line with
an appended CR ($13).

I didn't realize that ProDOS supported changing the "end-of-record"
delimiter.  Interesting.

-michael

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