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solve structure problem

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1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
data

Research direction

Review node_modules/dbf/src/structure.js around the structure function and compare the reported diff with the current source. Confirm that the local offset declaration resolves the reported structure problem, then verify the dbf writer still produces the expected output.

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Description

Hi! 👋

Firstly, thanks for your work on this project! 🙂

Today I used patch-package to patch [email protected] for the project I'm working on.

Here is the diff that solved my problem:

diff --git a/node_modules/dbf/src/structure.js b/node_modules/dbf/src/structure.js
index 4b02783..f2b4c0b 100644
--- a/node_modules/dbf/src/structure.js
+++ b/node_modules/dbf/src/structure.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module.exports = function structure(data, meta) {
         if (f.type == 'N') view.setInt8(32 + i * 32 + 17, 3);
     });
 
-    offset = fieldDescLength + 32;
+    var offset = fieldDescLength + 32;
 
     data.forEach(function(row, num) {
         // delete flag: this is not deleted

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