REWORD
Reword a File to Have Fixed Number of "Words" Per Line

REWORD is a C++ program which reads a text file and makes a copy in which every line has the same number of "words" - that is, strings separated by blanks.

The user specifies the number of words per line.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

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Usage:

reword file1 file2 word_length

reads the lines of file1, writing copies of the lines to file2, breaking the lines up as necessary so that each line contains word_length words.

Source Code:

• reword.C, the source code;
• reword.csh, commands to compile and load the source code;

Examples and Tests:

• words.txt, a text file;
• rewords.txt, the "reworded" file.;

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for REWORD.
• HANDLE makes a copy of a file with a given number of words per line.
• S_LEN_TRIM returns the length of a string to the last nonblank.
• S_TO_I4 reads an I4 from a string.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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