
            Text Column (or Field) Interchange Program
  
                 COPYRIGHT (C) 1995 CHUCK BERNT
                       ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


  This program changes the columns in a text file.

   *  It can swap, add and delete columns.

   *  It can total and average (to the screen) any numeric column.

   *  It can calculate and insert any column that can be expressed 
      as a QBASIC expression of the other columns (including 
      logical expressions).

   *  Text may also be inserted.

   *  The columns can be defined (delimited) by white spaces, spaces,
      tabs, commas or any ASCII character or groups of characters.

   *  There are no file length limits.

   *  Has a short cut command line form for power users.

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  SHORT FORM OR COMMAND LINE FORM


      SYNTAX: COLS FILENAME OUTPUTCOL1 [OUTPUTCOL2] ... [OUTPUTCOL8]

        WHERE:

           FILENAME is the filespec without the extension (.TXT is
           assumed).  The output filename will be the same FILENAME
           with the extension .LIS

           OUTPUTCOL can be any of the following three formats.

             1. Any text preceded with a T.  The text will be placed
                in the respective output column (without the T) in
                every output line (no spaces, commas, etc.)

             2. Any input column number.  The input column number
                specified will be placed in that output column.

             3. Any valid QBASIC expression without spaces.  Use Cn
                to represent input column n.  For example C1
                represents input column one.


                         SOME EXAMPLES

                COLS FUN 1 2 3 TSUM C1+C2+C3
                COLS FUN 1 TAVE (C1+C2+C3)/3
                COLS FUN 1 TSQUARE C1^2 tbig-one c1^c1
                COLS FUN 1 2^C1

                I have included the file FUN.TXT so that you can
                checkout the above expressions (or any other
                expressions).  Go ahead and try them out but stay
                in the \cols directory for now (the last example
                will give you a power of two table).

                The program should have automatically started your
                text editor on the output file after it generated
                the file.  If it didn't start it or it didn't
                start your favorite DOS editor, go to the second
                to the last line of the batch file (COLS.BAT)
                and change the word EDIT to the name of your
                preferred DOS editor.

                To repeat the last cols command line,
                just type "COLS L" OR "COLS LAST".


                       SOME SHORT CUT LIMITATIONS
              (Use the long form to avoid these limitations)

             1. You may use only legal command line text.  No
                embedded spaces, commas, equal signs, etc.

             2. The input file columns must be delimited by
                any number of white spaces.

             3. Input file checking is not available in the short
                form.

             4. Interim status reports are not available in the short
                form.

             5. You are limited to eight output columns in the short
                form.

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LONG FORM

SYNTAX: COLS

   The program will ask you questions and then guide you.  The
   automatic editor start is not available in the long form.  Go 
   ahead and try it but stay in the \cols directory for now.

   Well what do you think?  If you feel that you can use it, you can
   make the COLS programs available from any directory on you drive.
   Just type PATH at the DOS prompt and choose a directory that will
   be around for a long time and COPY the COLS.BAT to that directory.
   That's it.  That's all there is to it.

   Please type the directory path below so that you can change the
   batch program if you need to later.

PATH TO COLS.BAT = 

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REGISTRATION OF THIS SHAREWARE

  COLS is offered as shareware and not freeware.  You
  may use and evaluate this version of COLS for up to
  30 days.  After this 30 day evaluation period, you must
  either register COLS by filling out and mailing in
  REGFORM.TXT or remove COLS (including the above COLS.BAT
  command) from your hard disk.  You may keep it on
  floppies or other storage media separate from your
  computer as long as you do not use it.  The shareware
  registration fee is only $5 per simultaneous user.


  Please feel free to pass on the program to friends,
  but please pass on the COLS10.EXE file since it has
  all the files your friends will need.  Please also
  mention to place the COLS10.EXE in the \COLS directory
  and to type COLS10 from that directory and then to
  read this README.TXT file.  

   

  This program is written in QBASIC and will only work on machines
  that have QBASIC (usually MS DOS versions later than 5.0).


  If have questions, please contact me at one of the following
  addresses.

                   Chuck Bernt
                   22365 El Toro Rd., # 118
                   El Toro, Ca. 92630
                   U.S.A.

      Compuserve: 74761,3356
        Internet: 74761.3356@COMPUSERVE.COM


            Thank you for evaluating this software.