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

Just a thought: If they have control over the content of that data, can they
not enclose such fields within quotes in addition to / instead of removing
commas? Why would they be able to do one but not the other?

Dennis Lovelady
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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



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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  ....

All help will be appreciated.

Thanks,



Jeff Young
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