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storing characters in a string I don't know what size it will be is unsightly. I could set length = 10 but oh God that's ugly.
I had no idea input/output was that cumbersome !
what about reset followed by set_col(saved_column) ?
I have to tweak one thing at a time so it ain't working perfectly either, but still... can't that work ?