Hi Howard, here's a NodeJS version
Put the following in a file named "converter.js"
To run in Terminal: node path/to/converter.js path/to/source
fs = require("fs"); //Load two npm packages
path = require("path");
sourcePath = process.argv[2]; //Set filepaths
formattedPath = path.join(path.dirname(sourcePath), path.parse(sourcePath).name
+ "-Formatted" + path.extname(sourcePath));
talliedPath = path.join(path.dirname(sourcePath), path.parse(sourcePath).name +
"-Tallied" + path.extname(sourcePath));
nameTally = {};
content = fs.readFileSync(sourcePath).toString().trim().split("\n\n"); //get,
process, and write formatted content
content.forEach((thisEntry, entryCount) => {
thisEntry = thisEntry.split("\n");
let thisName = thisEntry[0];
nameTally[thisName] = nameTally[thisName] ? nameTally[thisName] + 1 : 1;
content[entryCount] = thisEntry.join(" -- ");
});
fs.writeFileSync(formattedPath, content.join("\n"));
nameTallyOutput = []; //prep & write the nameTally file
for (thisName in nameTally) content.push(thisName + ": " + nameTally[thisName]);
fs.writeFileSync(talliedPath, content.join("\n"));
> On Sep 8, 2021, at 8:05 AM, Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have multiple instances of this sample data (below) in which each
> observation has at least three lines and is separated by a blank line. In
> each observation, the first line contains a name, the second a time, and then
> there is one or more lines of text:
>
> SAMPLE DATA
> Peter Frost
> 25:34
> yes
>
> Elle Claus
> 30:05
> Third line
>
> Elle Claus
> 30:25
> Third line
> Fourth line
>
> Cary Clark
> 31:21
> done
> ________________
> First, I would like the data organized so that each observation's lines are
> combined and separated by two dashes:
>
> SAMPLE COMBINED DATA
> Peter Frost -- 25:34 -- yes
> Elle Claus -- 30:05 -- Third line
> Elle Claus -- 30:25 -- Third line -- Fourth line
> Cary Clark -- 31:21 -- done
> ________________
> Then, I would like a count of the observations by name:
>
> SAMPLE COUNTED DATA
> Peter Frost 1
> Elle Claus 2
> Cary Clark 1
>
> I am familiar with using Unix command solutions.
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
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