Re: tabs as delimiters
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59582
interpreted = N
texte = Use GREP or CONVERTCHARS to turn %1D back into real tabs, then you can use the tabs=T option.- brianOn Oct 9, 2004, at 4:07 PM, Terry Wilson wrote:> Thanks again, but using %1D gets me right back where I started with > the pipe char: empty values collapse. The tab=t parameter is for > making empty values valid when reading tab-delimited text, but as we > can see, you can't pull a tab out of a DB field.>> I'm going to have to do something different. Shouldn't be hard, but I > don't see why SMSI couldn't make tabs=T apply to whatever delimiter > you happen to be using either.>> Thanks,> Terry>> Ken wrote:>>> Thanks Ken. Yes, now that you point this out, it's perfectly clear.>> Of course I know you can't put tabs in field - why didn't I see>> that? I wonder why they use the tabs=t in the first place for>> listwords?>> Probably because listwords isn't always used on database field> values, sometimes it is used on text that actually has tabs in it.> But I have never used the optional tabs=t parameter myself so I don't> really know what it's there for ...>>> Now I see what's happening. The stored value is correct, but with>> another character in place of tabs. Inspecting my database in BBedit>> I find the tab char is now replaced with /0x1D whatever that is.>> So now you can use [listfields delimiters=%1D&words=[yourwordshere]]> and it should work fine, assuming the rest of your code is okay.> -- >> On Oct 8, 2004, at 11:40 AM, Terry Wilson wrote:>>>>> When you use a tab as a delimiter in a string so you can split it >>> apart later via listwords, with blank entries intact:>>>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Use GREP or CONVERTCHARS to turn %1D back into real tabs, then you can use the tabs=T option.- brianOn Oct 9, 2004, at 4:07 PM, Terry Wilson wrote:> Thanks again, but using %1D gets me right back where I started with > the pipe char: empty values collapse. The tab=t parameter is for > making empty values valid when reading tab-delimited text, but as we > can see, you can't pull a tab out of a DB field.>> I'm going to have to do something different. Shouldn't be hard, but I > don't see why SMSI couldn't make tabs=T apply to whatever delimiter > you happen to be using either.>> Thanks,> Terry>> Ken wrote:>>> Thanks Ken. Yes, now that you point this out, it's perfectly clear.>> Of course I know you can't put tabs in field - why didn't I see>> that? I wonder why they use the tabs=t in the first place for>> listwords?>> Probably because listwords isn't always used on database field> values, sometimes it is used on text that actually has tabs in it.> But I have never used the optional tabs=t parameter myself so I don't> really know what it's there for ...>>> Now I see what's happening. The stored value is correct, but with>> another character in place of tabs. Inspecting my database in BBedit>> I find the tab char is now replaced with /0x1D whatever that is.>> So now you can use [listfields delimiters=%1D&words=[yourwordshere]]> and it should work fine, assuming the rest of your code is okay.> -- >> On Oct 8, 2004, at 11:40 AM, Terry Wilson wrote:>>>>> When you use a tab as a delimiter in a string so you can split it >>> apart later via listwords, with blank entries intact:>>>-------------------------------------------------------------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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