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Read for 1000 until nearest space?
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Read for 1000 until nearest space?


  • Subject: Read for 1000 until nearest space?
  • From: Joe <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:59:52 -0700

The read command can step through a larger text file piece by piece, say i000 bytes at a time.

--for example
set fr to open for access file "S:Users:j:Desktop:aaa.txt"
try
  repeat
    set x to read fr for 1000
    display dialog x
  end repeat
end try
close access fr

Is there any way to get it to break at the space character nearest to 1000 bytes rather than the middle of a word?

Thanks
Joe
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