Hi,

I have two problems I could not solve:

1. I would like to read only some columns: I have a large file with

�� ~30 colums, but I am only interested on ~5 columns

�� (not that important, I could pre-process the file) but anyway it would be

�� nice to do it in smalltalk.

2. some columns will contain only strings (quoted values) and some only numbers,

�� but the field may be empty, is it possible to define the default "emptyValue" as an

�� - empty string for empty fields in the "string column"

�� - 0 for empty fields in the "number column"?

thanks

��in advance

nicolai