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  8. │ THE INPUT FILE:  List of acts for a talent agency.  This file is 354        │
  9. │                  characters wide -- far more than the normal 255 character  │
  10. │                  limit for input lines.                                     │
  11. │                                                                             │
  12. │ WHAT WE WANT:    Copy the name, phone number and description fields only.   │
  13. │                  The output should be in comma-delimited format.            │
  14. │                                                                             │
  15. │ HOW WE DO IT:    (1) We use the SPLIT command to break up the lines.        │
  16. │                  (2) We use TRIM to remove spaces.                          │
  17. │                  (3) We control parsing with a line counter (which will     │
  18. │                      will name LineCntr).                                   │
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