"rodchar" <rodc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hey all,
> i have 2 notepad files and i want to replace every 3rd line in 1 of the
> notepad files with the exact same line in the other notepad file. what's
> the
> easiest way to do this?
>
> thanks,
> rodchar

> hey all,
> i have 2 notepad files and i want to replace every 3rd line in 1 of
> the
> notepad files with the exact same line in the other notepad file.
> what's the
> easiest way to do this?
> thanks,
> rodchar

"Tim Patrick" wrote:

> Here's some pseudocode that may meet your needs.
>
>    Dim position As Integer = 0
>
>    Open the first file
>    Open the second file
>    Open the output file
>
>    While (both input files still have data)
>       Read in one line from both input files
>
>       position += 1
>       If ((position Mod 3) = 0) Then
>          Write out line from second input file
>       Else
>          Write out line from first input file
>       End If
>    Loop
>
>    Close all files
>
> -----
> Tim Patrick
> Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005
>
> > hey all,
> > i have 2 notepad files and i want to replace every 3rd line in 1 of
> > the
> > notepad files with the exact same line in the other notepad file.
> > what's the
> > easiest way to do this?
> > thanks,
> > rodchar
>
>
>