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    #1

    Concordance file creation

    Not as tough as it sounds. It's a term used in Word to build an Index.

    Basically, what I want to do is turn a Word/Text document, from SENTENCES into individual WORDS. Here's an example:

    FROM:

    26.3.q. No trainer shall move or permit to be moved any horse or horses under his or her custody, care or control into the association’s grounds without permission from the association’s racing secretary or his or her designee. No trainer shall move or permit to be moved any horse or horses under his or her custody, care or control out of the association’s grounds without first signing out the horse on a form prescribed by the association and made available at the stable gate: Provided, That, for all horses stabled on the association grounds, permission is required from the association’s racing secretary or his or her designee at the time of removal if the horse is entered to race or may be entered to race at another racetrack for a period of seven (7) days following the day of its removal from the association’s grounds. No trainer shall move or permit to be moved any horse or horses under his or her custody, care or control into the association’s grounds without presenting a current negative Coggins test for equine infectious anemia (EIA).


    26.3.r. No trainer shall withdraw any money from the horsemen’s bookkeeper, either in his or her own name or that of an owner, nor may he or she contract obligations against the account of any owner or part owner, unless the trainer is the authorized agent of the owner or part owner; has been granted such authority as the authorized agent; and has an occupational permit allowing him or her to act as an authorized agent.

    26.3.s. No trainer shall employ a jockey for the purpose of preventing him or her from riding in any race.


    26.3.o. Each trainer is responsible for notifying horse owners upon the revocation or suspension of his or her trainer

    INTO:

    No
    trainer
    shall
    move
    or
    permit
    to
    be
    moved
    any
    horse
    or
    horses
    under
    his
    or
    her
    custody,
    care
    or
    control
    into
    the
    association’s
    grounds
    without
    permission
    from
    the
    association’s etc, etc, etc.

    If anyone has an XBASIC solution, I sure would appreciated using it. Trying to build an INDEX in WORD. I know WORD and Alpha... short of XBASIC.

    INPUT file is ready. OUTPUT can be any flat text format (.TXT, ASCII, etc)

    Thanks,

    Lar
    Last edited by nugget3825; 08-07-2017, 03:18 PM. Reason: Forgot something
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    #2
    Re: Concordance file creation

    The expression for each "section" would be strtran(word(section_value,4,". ")," ",crlf())

    I'm not sure what you are saying you want to do. If you have a text file with the contents as given above you can read it into a variable, apply the expression, and save the variable as another file.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: Concordance file creation

      I'll give it a try Stan. Thank you...

      Lar

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        #4
        Re: Concordance file creation

        Code:
        fil = file.open("inputfile",FILE_RW_EXCLUSIVE)
out_fil = file.create("outputfile",FILE_RW_EXCLUSIVE)
while .not. fil.eof()
	ln = fil.read_line()
	new_val = strtran(word(ln,4,".")," ",crlf())
	if new_val > ""
	out_fil.write(new_val)
	end if
end while
out_fil.flush()
out_fil.close()
fil.close()
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: Concordance file creation

          Won't an index eliminate duplicate words and have them in alphabetical order?

          Probably needs to cleanup the punctuation too... (You can do that where you find it necessary)

          Code:
          fil = file.open(a5.get_path()+chr(92)+"inputfile.txt",FILE_RW_EXCLUSIVE)
out_fil = file.create(a5.get_path()+chr(92)+"outputfile.txt",FILE_RW_EXCLUSIVE)
while .not. fil.eof()
	ln = fil.read_line()
	new_val = strtran(word(ln,4,".")," ",crlf())
	if new_val > ""
	out_fil.write(new_val)
	end if
end while
out_fil.flush()
out_fil.close()
fil.close()

word_list=file.to_string(a5.get_path()+chr(92)+"outputfile.txt")

word_list=sortsubstr(word_list,crlf())

word_list=*remove_duplicatesi(word_list)

file.from_string(a5.get_path()+chr(92)+"outputfile_sorted.txt",word_list)
          Thanks Stan for the startup code... I learned to copy in school...
          Al Buchholz
          Bookwood Systems, LTD
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            #6
            Re: Concordance file creation

            Stan, THANK YOUO !

            Just wanted to let you know that your script last night was PERFECT ! Nice to know you are there when a guy is in need ! :-)

            Lar

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              #7
              Re: Concordance file creation

              Al had some very valid points about sorting and removing duplicate entries from the final output. My script was just a starting point to give you what you asked for.
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                Re: Concordance file creation

                Your script, as I said previously, was PERFECT ! :-)

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