csvtotsv( function

csvtotsv(

COMMATEXT

)

The csvtotsv( function converts comma separated text into tab separated text.

Parameters

This function has one parameter:

commatext – text containing comma separated values.

Description

This function converts comma separated text into a tab separated text array. For example, suppose you have a text file named Directory.csv that contains data like this:

"Adams, Dorothy",555-3000,dadams@gmail.com
"Franklin, Mark",555-4822,mfranklin@hotmail.com
"Smith, John",555-1212,jsmith@yahoo.com
"Wilson, Judy",555-9324,jwilson@acme.net

This data can be read into a variable and converted to tab separated format:

local phoneNumbers
phoneNumbers=csvtotsv(fileload("Directory.csv"))

The phoneNumbers variable now contains the same data, but separated by tabs instead of commas. However, commas inside quotes have not been converted into tabs.

Adams, Dorothy ▸ 555-3000 ▸ dadams@gmail.com
Franklin, Mark ▸ 555-4822 ▸ mfranklin@hotmail.com
Smith, John ▸ 555-1212 ▸ jsmith@yahoo.com
Wilson, Judy ▸ 555-9324 ▸ jwilson@acme.net

The tab separated format, which doesn’t require quotes for commas, is much simpler to work with if you need to further process or display the data.

See Also

arrayfilter( -- processes each element of a text array or a data array with a formula (see Text Arrays and Data Arrays).
Import Database -- importing another database into the current database.
import( -- returns a line or element of imported data. This function works in conjunction with repetitive operations like importusing, arrayfilter(, characterfilter( etc.
importcell( -- returns one cell of imported data.
importdatabase -- imports data from annother database into the current database.
importjson -- imports a JSON array into the current database.
importjsonline -- imports a JSON record into the current record.
importline -- imports a line of text into the current record.
importtext -- imports text into an existing database.
newdatabasewithtextfieldnames -- creates a new database from a text file. The text file must contain the field names in the first line.
seq( -- returns sequential numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.).
Text Import -- importing text into an existing database.

History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	New	New in this version.