GDL reading from txt

[Anonymous]

When reading from a txt-file to a GDL-object, all numbers are read as numbers. When I put in a date, like 2012-01-20 in the txt file, I want to read it as a string. How do I do that?

In the workaround I use now, I put in the date as separate fields: 2012;01;20 and then convert them independently to strings. But then the zeros in the beginning of a number dissappear so it shows the date as 2012-1-20. I'd like it to be shown as 2012-01-20.

Please help!

I have done scripting in Java, VBscript and PHP. To me GDL seems very odd. It behaves weird, almost buggy. I can't point my finger at it yet, but there's something...

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I think you should determine if the variable is
considered as a number or as a string with
VARTYPE command and convert on the fly.

If you want to convert a string to number then
use SPLIT and if you want to convert a number
to a string then use STR.

Hope this helps (writing this on a sofa with a mobile
phone - so no examples handy).

Regards, Juha

[Pertti Paasky]

..or You can put #2012-01-20 in the textfile and then GDL reads it as a string.

[Anonymous]

Kiitos!

Using the #2012-01-24 method and then removing the first character. Works perfectly. That was simple...