FGETS() after reading a file line, is inserting a blank character after each valid character.

[JoseGala]

After executing the FGETS(file_handle) command Visual FoxPro 9.0 for reading a TXT file, the line has double its original size since it has a blank inserted after each original character

ORIGINAL LINE in TXT file
Date & Time Range: 1/01/21 0:00 12/31/21 23:59

DELIVERY LINE after FGETS()
D a t e & T i m e R a n g e : 1 / 0 1 / 2 1 0 : 0 0 1 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 2 3 : 5 9

What could be cause?
Thank in advance for your help on this

Jose Gala

 

[atlopes]

Jose,

The text file is in UNICODE. If possible, FILETOSTR() the file and STRCONV() afterwards.

If you must use FGETS(), you'll have to deal with the fact that the CR+LF characters marking the end of a line are also in UNICODE, taking four bytes instead of the two bytes that FGETS() expects.

 

[GTGeek88]

After executing the FGETS(file_handle) command Visual FoxPro 9.0 for reading a TXT file, the line has double its original size since it has a blank inserted after each original character

ORIGINAL LINE in TXT file
Date & Time Range: 1/01/21 0:00 12/31/21 23:59

DELIVERY LINE after FGETS()
D a t e & T i m e R a n g e : 1 / 0 1 / 2 1 0 : 0 0 1 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 2 3 : 5 9

What could be cause?
Thank in advance for your help on this

Jose Gala

You could also try the ALINES function. Then process the array.

 

[Mike Lewis]

I think you only need STRCONV(), passing 6 as the second parameter.

Mike