Re: Dealing with return characters
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Depends on the line endings of your file. Did the text file come from a PC (windows/dos), a unix box, or a mac (probably not would be my guess.) The code should clean up windows double-line feeds. anyway, try substituting in one of these three lines for the first line, and see if it makes a difference. [text]stuff=[grep search=%0A%0D%0A%0D&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] [text]stuff=[grep search=%0A%0A&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] [text]stuff=[grep search=%0D%0D&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] Brian B. Burton On Jul 9, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Patrick McCormick wrote: > Spoke too soon. > > Grep seems only to replace the first occurrence and none of the rest. > Any reason for this? > > > On Jul 9, 2004, at 2:02 PM, Brian B. Burton wrote: > >> here's the code you need based on a thingy i made to clean up that >> excuse MS calls a tab-delimited text file that Excel produces. >> >> [text]stuff=[include file=startfile][/text] >> >> [text]stuff=[grep >> search=%0A%0D%0A%0D&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] >> [text]stuff=[grep search=%0A%0D&replace=%09][stuff][/grep][/text] >> [text]stuff=[grep >> search=NEWRECORD&replace=%0A%0D][stuff][/grep][/text] >> >> [writefile file=output.db&secure=F][stuff][/writefile] >> >> >> >> Brian B. Burton >> Burton Logistics >> 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell) >> Specializing in website design and development to make your customers >> exclaim: >> "Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to use!" >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 9, 2004, at 1:50 PM, Patrick McCormick wrote: >> >>> I need to populate a db from text files. Text file has return >>> character between what will be each field and two returns between >>> what will become records: >>> >>> Name1 >>> Addr1 >>> City1, St1, Zip1 >>> >>> Name2 >>> Addr2 >>> City2, St2, Zip2 >>> >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> >>> I can convert all the returns to tabs or something else, but I need >>> to distinguish between single and double returns to maintain >>> individual records. What's the easiest way? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list
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Depends on the line endings of your file. Did the text file come from a PC (windows/dos), a unix box, or a mac (probably not would be my guess.) The code should clean up windows double-line feeds. anyway, try substituting in one of these three lines for the first line, and see if it makes a difference. [text]stuff=[grep search=%0A%0D%0A%0D&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] [text]stuff=[grep search=%0A%0A&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] [text]stuff=[grep search=%0D%0D&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] Brian B. Burton On Jul 9, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Patrick McCormick wrote: > Spoke too soon. > > Grep seems only to replace the first occurrence and none of the rest. > Any reason for this? > > > On Jul 9, 2004, at 2:02 PM, Brian B. Burton wrote: > >> here's the code you need based on a thingy i made to clean up that >> excuse MS calls a tab-delimited text file that Excel produces. >> >> [text]stuff=[include file=startfile][/text] >> >> [text]stuff=[grep >> search=%0A%0D%0A%0D&replace=NEWRECORD][stuff][/grep][/text] >> [text]stuff=[grep search=%0A%0D&replace=%09][stuff][/grep][/text] >> [text]stuff=[grep >> search=NEWRECORD&replace=%0A%0D][stuff][/grep][/text] >> >> [writefile file=output.db&secure=F][stuff][/writefile] >> >> >> >> Brian B. Burton >> Burton Logistics >> 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell) >> Specializing in website design and development to make your customers >> exclaim: >> "Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to use!" >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 9, 2004, at 1:50 PM, Patrick McCormick wrote: >> >>> I need to populate a db from text files. Text file has return >>> character between what will be each field and two returns between >>> what will become records: >>> >>> Name1 >>> Addr1 >>> City1, St1, Zip1 >>> >>> Name2 >>> Addr2 >>> City2, St2, Zip2 >>> >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> >>> I can convert all the returns to tabs or something else, but I need >>> to distinguish between single and double returns to maintain >>> individual records. What's the easiest way? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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