...
> Unfortunately, as Gavin pointed out, even this algorithm
> isn't good enough
> for a data file that contains nothing but columns of numbers.
> If the last
> column contains at least 8 integer-like numbers, you simply
> can tell if those
> numbers are meant to be read as data or line numbers. There's
> inherent ambiguity in the interpretation.

Agreed.  It is just the algorithm used by the CI, and since it
is imperfect we have the NONUM option for the PRINT command.
However, in other situations, the CI will just mistake the file
as a numbered file and ignore the last 8 bytes.

regards,
 Jeff

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