re: Re[2]: Electors

Is this the famous never to be outbid at an auction Iris Society of 
Massachusetss Stephanie Markham, [mostly lurking ;) ]

silverb@hanscom.af.mil
Barry Silver Boston Ma.
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From: smarkham@meridianmktg.com, on 8/27/96 5:59 PM:
     Linda,
     Re: your spreadsheet question:  Just about any spreadsheet or database=
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     program will accept input (and will be able to produce output) in one=20
     of two formats, comma separated text (CSV, in the parlance) or tab=20
     separated text, where the comma or the tab separates each field. =20
     Spaces don't work because there are frequently spaces within the data=20
     in the field.  Some database and spreadsheet programs, when they=20
     output the data, also put quotes around each data field, for clarity.
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     Also, your "drivers" are the bits of code that "drive" peripheral=20
     devices like printers.  You need specific drivers for specific device;=
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      each one is just a little bit different...
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     Stephanie Markham, [mostly lurking ;) ]
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Subject: Re: Electors
Author:  PC:LMann76543@aol.com at INTERNET
Date:    8/26/96 6:17 AM


In a message dated 96-08-25 23:27:29 EDT, you write:
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>I agree. This is a great idea. Annette from Kentucky. Mostly just lurking=20=
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>enjoying it immensely.
>>> a 'veto' vote for
>>> Dykes medal contenders based exclusively on garden performance..... =20
>>> column for 'have you grown it in your garden for more than one year' (i=
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>> not,
>>> you can't veto), 'how do you rank it's reliability and growth in your=20
>> garden
>>> - 1 =3D dead or rots, 2=3D average, 3 =3D better than average'.  Any co=
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>> that
>>> shows a consistent pattern of '1's outside its region of origin gets=20
>> vetoed.
>>
>>Great Idea Linda - Put some names up on the list and we'll vote...DO=20
>>IT....
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I haven't forgotten - I had to buy a replacement computer and haven't gotte=
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all it's parts working yet - to save a few bucks I didn't get it with any=20
software loaded, although they had to put DOS on it to make sure it worked,=
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so I still have a box of miscellaneous diskettes with mysterious labels on=20
them related to 'drivers', whatever those are, plus all my old data files a=
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other software to work on.  I don't have any kind of data=20
management/spreadsheet software so will have to do this with a word process=
or=20
and sort function, but first, I have to add dates of introduction.
 So....Looking to the future, anybody know if there are standard delimiters
between data fields compatible with most spreadsheet/data management softwa=
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(space, comma, tab??) used in importing text files? - not exactly an iris=20
question but it's for my iris info.
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Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east TN USA
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