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swtrans
02-15-2006, 12:32 PM
Can this be done in JavaScript?

I have an ascii file that has records of varying length:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
dddddddddddddddddddddd
eeeeeee
fff
ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

I need to add a leading sequence number to these transactions, with padded zeros. So the output will look like this:

000001aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
000002bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
000003ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
000004dddddddddddddddddddddd
000005eeeeeee
000006fff
000007ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

BaldEagle
02-15-2006, 02:44 PM
So far as I know javascript doesn't have access to the file system. Security issue. You will need a server side script of some sort to do it. Maybe go to the ASP forum and I'm sure you will get help. Indicate what server side scripting you use.

BaldEagle