Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!att!mcdchg!laidbak!obdient!vpnet!vortex From: vortex@vpnet.chi.il.us (Jason J. Levit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Reading in files Message-ID: <26b4a5d9-59ecomp.sys.apple2@vpnet.chi.il.us> Date: 30 Jul 90 21:55:04 GMT Lines: 13 I would like to read in a 2 text files: One that is "coded" (has abbreviations in it) and the other is has the coded words with their full words. Is there a way that I can create a program so that it will convert the coded message to a decoded message? Maybe I could do it in Appleworks using a database and the word processor? Thanks the help... -- Jason J. Levit - KB9BUU | A good planet is hard to find. Let's save this one! vortex@vpnet.chi.il.us | Apple II Forever