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Originally Posted by Capper Al
EXcel prior to 2007 had a 255 column limit.
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I'm aware of that, I've had all the versions of Excel. I thought maybe BIG49010 was having a problem using the file. I use Excel 2010. I should clarify that if you are still using 2003, this won't work.
This is just a simple program that converts delimited race files, all 1435 columns for you instead of having to do it manually with the 'Text Import Wizard'...and then I added the column selection sheet, which would auto select which columns to keep (after the initial manual setup) on every race. Obviously theres no header but the column assignment number which you could use to determine the definition of the column. Now I could work on this file more, add a header and make it into a full blown analysis software but I have one already. I looked at alldata which is a nice program. It seems like a good 'handicapping with traditional information software' (like reading the newspaper racing form), if that's your goal. I use my own program that is tailored to working with and creating custom algorithms for the purpose of detecting profitable patterns mostly (most currently) in the area of speed using various methods of construction. After 8 years and 1000 mutations, the complexity of the algorithms has become quite elaborate.
