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Steve C
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I have a file that looks like this:
/media/rackspace/db2/clients/Jones/2011/2011-10/2011-10-01/852/ISA_006940860_000003234.edi,852,20110925,20111001,006940860,4014677150,16747,4
/media/rackspace/db2/clients/Jones/2011/2011-10/2011-10-01/852/ISA_014492501_400001168.edi,852,20110925,20111001,014492501,4014677150,40474,2

I have the following code:

FILEDEF INP DISK C:\CLIENTS\CLIENTS\EDILIST.CSV

-READ INP &DIR, &FTYPE, &S_DATE, &E_DATE, &TPID, &MFG, &SIZE, &COUNT
-IF &IORETURN NE 0 THEN GOTO DONE;
-TYPE &DIR; &FTYPE; &E_DATE
-SET &CTR= &CTR+1;
-IF &CTR LT 3 THEN GOTO LOOP;
-EXIT

-DONE

Here is the output this routine produces:

/; med; pace/db2
/; med; pace/db2


If I don't create DEFAULT or SET values for the variables in the -READ, the procedure failes. If I define the variables, the date returned matches the lenght of the variables I set up as the default. If I uset .Axx. syntax to define the langth, I get the results that match my format.

What I need is to read each item between the commas fully, so I can manipulate the results.

Running Windows vers 773

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susannah
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set up 1 variable, with a specified length of blanks equal to the largest expected line in your file
make sure its full of blanks to initialize it, otherwise you're reading adjacent garbage in memory
read your line into that space
-READ INP &BIGTHING
Use the TRUNCATE function then to shrink it down to real size, and then the .LENGTH will work.
then token thru (or posit) to look for commas and set each of your individual variables...
i have a routine somewhere that loops thru a long string, looking for the posit of commas, until posit returns a zero
At each step, i set a REMAINDER string starting with the current posit and going to the end of the string....and then operate on that Remainder...
if you follow what i'm saying, i'll look up that code and give it to you, but it wont be till monday



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Steve C
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Hi Susan,

I thought of this too, but I am being stubborn. The documentation says that -READ can read from a comma delimited file. I guess I was hoping for too much. If it cannot do the parsing into the various variables, it really cannot read a comma delimited file.

I was thinking of reading in each single line and then using the GETTOK to pick it apart at each comma. Seems to be an overkill too. All of this will take a lot of time, for a very simple and one off process to figure out how to file a full directory's files into appropriate structures.

So, here is the question to IBI: Is the -READ supported for comma delimited files, the way one would expect it, or is it not?


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njsden
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Steve, the odd lines in your sample output don't seem to be comma-separated but slash-separated.

Is that the way your file looks or is that just a wrapping effect of the content you posted?


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susannah
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You can write a master file that will parse the .csv, then you don't have to -read
set pcomma = on
remember that?

but like new jersey says, looks like DFIX with delimiter = /

or..if its both, then the way i sugested is perfect. i had a file i had to read every day from the cashregister vendor (name gratefully forgotten) that had 2 different formats in it...the overall format was comma delimited, but one field inside was a comment field with crlf that had to be parsed ...that was fun...



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Danny-SRL
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Steve,
I copied your data and put it into a sequential file. Then I ran your code with a few small changes:
  
-* File SteveC01.fex
FILEDEF INP DISK focalpoint/stevec01.txt
-RUN
-LOOP
-READ INP,&DIR,&FTYPE,&S_DATE,&E_DATE,&TPID,&MFG,&SIZE,&COUNT
-IF &IORETURN NE 0 THEN GOTO DONE;
-TYPE &DIR; &FTYPE; &E_DATE
-GOTO LOOP
-DONE

Notice:
The comma after -READ INP
No blanks between the &variables

And this is the output I received:
  
 /media/rackspace/db2/clients/Jones/2011/2011-10/2011-10-01/852/ISA_006940860_000003234.edi; 852; 20111001
 /media/rackspace/db2/clients/Jones/2011/2011-10/2011-10-01/852/ISA_014492501_400001168.edi; 852; 20111001


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awesome!



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Waz
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I think the commna after the IMP is the trigger to read comma delimited.


Waz...

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Danny-SRL
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Yes, Waz, you are correct...
And it is in the manual! (mirabile scripsu)


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quote:
And it is in the manual


Eeker

Who'd a thunk it!


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