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Old 03-17-2009
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Originally Posted by aemunathan
i will be having different values instead of 442 and their corresponding previous position data
How would you know where EXACTLY to insert the missing 'data'?
How do you know that the missing '441' should be surround by n spaces/tabs on the left and m spaces/tabs on the right?