Donald,

        If the file is a simply ASCII file then you could do "INPUT
var;READCNT=6<file" and it would read the first six characters contained
within the file.

Thanx,
  Jonathan (Jon) M. Backus, MPE-CSM ~ President
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Donald Frantum
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 2:16 PM
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Subject: need help with var definition


I want to use the first six characters in a file as a var, but I can't
figure out how to do it.  If anyone has a quick way of accomplishing this,
please forward the syntax and an example if possible.

Thanks
Donald

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