Re: Parsing a CSV file with embeded commas in text field

[Jeff Young <cooljeff913@xxxxxxxxx>]

Booth,
The program that creates the csv file is a propritary PC program.
I have to deal with whatever it creates.

I have informed the user that the description can not have embedded commas.
They load the base data from the i, so they have control of that information.

Thanks,
 
Jeff Young 
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From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 1:54:46 PM
Subject: Re: Parsing a CSV file with embeded commas in text field

Can you get the source of the csv file to put quotation marks around all 
alpha fields?  That makes your job a whole lot easier.


On 7/16/2010 10:27 AM, Alan Shore wrote:
> Hi Jeff
> never heard of the GETTOK routine until you mentioned it
> Google found this (among others)
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/webquery/GETTOK
> +-+Extracting+a+Substring+(Token)
>
> However, when I've needed to extract data from a csv file, I've used
> CPYFRMIMPF
> This may not be of help to you as I believe (although its not apparent from
> your request) that you want the string Apples, Red Delicious  88ct to be
> in one field
> You need this to be enclosed in quotes
> "Apples, Red Delicious  88ct" for this to work
>
> It will be interesting to see if someone else has an answer for you using
> the GETTOK routine
>
>
>
> Alan Shore
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> I am using the GETTOK routine to parse records from a csv file where some
> of the
> character fields have embedded commas.
> I seem to recall that this was addressed in the past, but I do not recall
> how to
> do it.
> ex: ...,Apples, Red Delicious  88ct,nnnn,nnnn  ....
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> All help will be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Jeff Young
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