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- From: durai@ortta.umn.edu (Durai Venkatasubramanian)
- Subject: Re: dBase programming question
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- References: <1993Jan7.185640.9973@ac.dal.ca>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:26:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.185640.9973@ac.dal.ca> guruman@ac.dal.ca writes:
- >From: guruman@ac.dal.ca
- >Subject: dBase programming question
- >Date: 7 Jan 93 18:56:40 -0400
- >
- > I'm looking for some help on a dbase program I'm writing.
- >It's a silly problem, nevertheless, I can't get by it. I need to know how
- >to assign inputted text to a text variable
- >i.e. input "employee name? " to name
- >(oh sorry, this` is for dBase III+)
- >I presume I have to define the variable "name" as a character variable,
- >but my little reference book seems to have overlooked variable definitions.
- >Any suggestions on the proper path to follow?
- >
- > Thanks in advance.
- >
- > Rob Scott.
- > guruman@ac.dal.ca
- > Halifax Nova Scotia
- >
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- "get" and "read" commands will do the trick.
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- "get" the variable and then "read" it.
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- "read" *must* follow the "get"
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