2 questions - Text File example:

Account,Status,Val
001,NB,0
001,PI,50
001,PI,100
001,CE,100
002,PE,500
002,PI,250
002,PU,0
002,PU,0
003,PE,100
003,CE,100
I would like to pick up ALL records of any account where there is NO CE
status and write it out to a separate file i.e.
002,PE,500
002,PI,250
002,PU,0
002,PU,0

I would like to pick up the LAST record of any account where PU = 0 i.e.
002,PU,0
and write it out to a separate file.

It is easy to do this using a database but a need has arisen to do it
upfront i.e before importing the data into the database and I thought a
simple VBA app will suffice. I know how to access the file, how to loop
through it and how to write out records to a new file but in this case there
is one or two aspects that I need some help with (eg how to "step back" to
pick up the other records once the required condition is met).

Hil

Hi,
Do not know about stepping back in the file once you
have started reading it. One way to solve your problem
could be to read the file and store it in a matrix,
account names with CE record in a separate vector and
account names with PU = 0 to a second vector. Then loop
through the matrix and select records based on your
criteria using the two vectors and direct output to
different files accordingly.

ojv
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2 questions - Text File example:

Account,Status,Val
001,NB,0
001,PI,50
001,PI,100
001,CE,100
002,PE,500
002,PI,250
002,PU,0
002,PU,0
003,PE,100
003,CE,100
I would like to pick up ALL records of any account where
there is NO CE
status and write it out to a separate file i.e.
002,PE,500
002,PI,250
002,PU,0
002,PU,0

I would like to pick up the LAST record of any account
where PU = 0 i.e.
002,PU,0
and write it out to a separate file.

It is easy to do this using a database but a need has
arisen to do it
upfront i.e before importing the data into the database
and I thought a
simple VBA app will suffice. I know how to access the
file, how to loop
through it and how to write out records to a new file
but in this case there
is one or two aspects that I need some help with (eg how
to "step back" to
pick up the other records once the required condition is
met).

Hil


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