Hi,

I am using the Open statement to load a file for input, and an Print#
statement to output to a different text file.

Open ("C:\Documents and Settings\millarg\Desktop\result.txt") For Output As
#2
T$ = Chr$(9)
Print #2, "Year"; T$; "Month"; T$; "Day"; T$; "Rain"; T$; "Lat"; T$;
"LongTd"

This particular part of code puts a heading line in the file. I then go on
to open the Input file, and do various tests. However, later on when I print
actual data, I get unwanted spaces between tab characters.

T$ = Chr$(9)
If Yr = MyYear And mnth = _
MyMonth And dy = MyDay Then
Print #2, Yr; T$; mnth; T$; dy; T$; Rain; T$; MyLat; T$; MyLong
Close #1
GoTo BackUp
Else: Input #1, Yr, mnth, dy, cumday, Rain, MyLat, MyLong

End If

Yet, if I test variables such as Yr, mnth or dy while code is running, there
are no spaces in these variables. But printing them, even if forcing a tab
character, results in spaces. Following si an example of an output:

Year Month Day Rain Lat LongTd
1975 12 21 152 148.10 23.95
1978 2 1 155.1 148.10 23.95
2002 1 5 198.6 148.10 23.95

When I paste it in here, there is only one character in the heading row,
equal to a tab in the original file. But there are multiple characters in
the actual data, which did not come from the original data.

Is there some way around this, or a test I can do to get rid of these
unwanted spaces? Any ideas?

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Regards,

Glen Millar
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