long text file conversion to spreadsheet/CSV

[drrehak]

hi, would love to pick your brains on this. I just cant get my data the way I need it.

text file is:

#id:

201

#name:

Kevin

#job:

Nerd

#id:

202

#name:

Homer

#job:

Nuclear Engineer

How do I rewrite this to:

201, Kevin, Nerd

202, Homer, Nuclear Engineer

I have tried using openoffice transpose, but the list of fields is too long. I know I need to use an array, but need some guidance. thanks in advance!

-Kevin

[Mat]

$sString = StringRegExpReplace(FileRead($sFile), "\#id:\r\n(.*)\r\n\r\n\#name:\r\n(.*)\r\n\r\n\#job:\r\n(.*)(?:\r\n|\Z)", "\1, \2, \3")

Not sure if it will like a huge list, but it'll do the job.

[PsaltyDS]

Start with _FileReadToArray(). Then walk through the array with a For/Next loop.

- If the current index $n is "#id" then start a new record line and the next index $n+1 is the first field, followed by a comma.

- If the current index is blank ContinueLoop to the next line.

- If the current index is "#name" then the next index is the second field to add to the line.

- If the current index is "#job" then the next index is the last field, FileWriteLine() to the output file.

You can do this. Take a shot at it and post your code for more help if you get stuck.

[drrehak]

thanks PSalty. that worked. I just had to step through the array. The problem is I have quite a few IF statements to find what I am looking for. Its a huge data file and I am capturing about 10 fields. Some of the fields are multiline too. that made it a little tricky.