Re: reading in a long line of data

edward.s.meinel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:

> OK, I must be missing something. Doesn't READ_ASCII work on this type
> of file?

Not sure what "type of file" you are talking about.

Our problem is that the first line of the file in question 
is so long it is filling up the input buffer such that READF
doesn't work. I've never used READ_ASCII in my life,
but I can't imagine it uses anything *except* READF
to do its job.

Cheers,

David

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