Re: tabs as delimiters NOT

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59731
interpreted = N
texte = on 10/22/2004 12:23 pm, Terry Wilson at terry@terryfic.com so noted... > So I went to the online docs, and found that you can use > tabs=T to cause empty values to be recognized as values, and not > collapsed. Problem is, that you have to use TABS as delimiters. I've been bitten by this before (I got around it with a grep that converted pipes to tabs inside the listwords). IMO extending listwords with "tabs=T" was a too-specific way to go about it. A generic "collapse=F" that would work with ANY delimiter (defaults or user-specified) would have been much more useful. Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design 800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: tabs as delimiters NOT ( Rob Marquardt 2004)
  2. Re: tabs as delimiters NOT ( Terry Wilson 2004)
on 10/22/2004 12:23 pm, Terry Wilson at terry@terryfic.com so noted... > So I went to the online docs, and found that you can use > tabs=T to cause empty values to be recognized as values, and not > collapsed. Problem is, that you have to use TABS as delimiters. I've been bitten by this before (I got around it with a grep that converted pipes to tabs inside the listwords). IMO extending listwords with "tabs=T" was a too-specific way to go about it. A generic "collapse=F" that would work with ANY delimiter (defaults or user-specified) would have been much more useful. Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design 800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.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/ Rob Marquardt

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