Handling a lot of text data, any simple and practical ways?

[HenrikOlsson]

Haha, yeah, wow :-)
You post a snippet and you get complaints about it not working because someone can't be bothered to clear TRIS and ANSEL by them them selves. So, next time you post a fully working, tailor made solution that solves exactly what was asked (which then turns out to not be what op actually MEANT) only to get complains that the code is too verbose :-)

I've spent countless hours writing snippets and full verified-to-be-working programs, both in response to questions asked on this forum and posted as examples. I enjoy doing it, I hope it helps users. I don't get paid to do it, on the contrary I've SPENT my own money buing devices, development boards, breakout boards and what not to help solve peoples issues because I've found (and still find) it interesting and fun.

Rarely have I asked myself why bother...

[CuriousOne]

I'm not complaining, I'm trying to explain.
The things that are dead simple for you, might be dead hard for me, and vice versa.
Not everyone has skills and talents for all these digital things.
You're good in coding - I'm good in something different, and someone else is good in something else.
That is the way humans are made.
So that's not a good idea to blame someone for not understanding things that you do understand.