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- \ TABULAR.S
- \ demotest sample table
-
- \ This table processes a tabular file and breaks the columns into separate
- \ coded segments. This is accomplished by a sequence of wild card
- \ searches, one for each tab column (except the last column, where we
- \ let the carriage return take care of the last tab stop).
-
- \ This table is a neat way to break tabular files into something that
- \ a typesetting or desktop publishing system can work with, instead of
- \ having to manually insert bloody codes between columns.
-
- \ The column widths are set up for DEMOTEST. on the distribution disk
-
- \ These equations assume that there are at least two spaces between each
- \ column. You can, of course, change this requirement to suit your needs.
-
- \ There will still be spaces between the columns after this conversion, so
- \ run the table TABULAR2.S next. That table will remove the extra spaces
- \ between columns for cleaner formatting.
-
- \ The difference between this method of column processing and the
- \ one used in SPC2TAB.S is that this method has better control over the
- \ columns, and you can change the codes emitted between columns. Also,
- \ this method correctly handles the case where a blank column occurs once
- \ in a while in the tabular copy. The other table won't let you do that; it
- \ simply squishes multiple adjacent spaces into a single tab code.
-
- \ To modify this table for other column widths, just change the
- \ repeater values.
-
-
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- \ The column widths are set up for DEMOTEST.DOC on the distribution disk
-
- *(19)\v *(16)\v *(13)\v *(13)\v = \+ continued on next line
- [bt*(19)\p0[ql[nt *(16)\p21[qr[nt *(13)\p39[qr[nt *(13)\p54[cm\20\20*01
-
- \ A carriage return will always set the flag for the first column of data.
- \ But if the flag for the last column is ON (*01), then an appropriate line
- \ terminator is output also.
-
- \ The double spaces which are output in each replacement will be removed
- \ in a subsequent pass (TABULAR2.S). They are there simply because there are
- \ two spaces on the search side which separate columns.
-
- \0d\0a*01=[et\0d\0a*00 \ ...4 columns have been processed, in which
- \ case output end of tab and set flag for
- \ column 1
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