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Old 12-07-2010
Agreed. I didn't notice leading |
looping should be for i=2 to 4
Tks !!
# 9  
Old 12-07-2010
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Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
With the proper while loop and printf statement yes, if the [lfm]2 values are not literally "null" that is..
Oh... "null" is a string ! OMG i missed that

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