Hi,
Actually, I just tried the following:
>> blk: {String 1,"String, 2",string 3}
== {String 1,"String, 2",string 3}
>> set [var1 var2 var3] parse/all blk ","
== ["String 1" "String, 2" "string 3"]
>>
Apparently, REBOL's 'parse word does a little extra here with embedded
commas in quoted strings. It appears to work with other separator characters
also.
Regards,
Bernie Schneider
Systems Analyst
CIBER, Inc.
303-224-4159
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> Subject: [REBOL] 1000's of objects's in array - Works fine for me...
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> At 10:47 AM 12/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >Please elaborate on this for process
> > to handle standard comma delimited files (or tab delimited files)...
>
> set [ x1 x2 x3 ... ] parse record ","
>
> This presupposes that there are no commas contained in the fields. If you
> may encounter fields that will include commas, were commas are not field
> delimiters, usually I'd expect they occur in quoted strings:
>
> "field-with-comma, something", "another field"
>
> and the parse will be a little more complicated.
>
> Elan
>
> >
> >Any more pointers on the words set [ x1 x2 x3 x4 ... ] record
> >
> >I know about "set" , but what is "record".... is that a word or just
> your
> >example value.
> >
>
> my guess is you're right, record indeed is an example, supposedly a string
> that contains the contents of your comma delimited file, i.e. record: read
> %commada-delimited-file.dat
>
> Elan
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/01/99 03:46 AM GMT
> >
> >
> >
> >Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >cc: (bcc: Doug Vos)
> >Subject: [REBOL] 1000's of objects's in array - Works find for me... Re:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >And, if each record is identical, then you can skip the objects
> altogether.
> >Instead, just map the record to variables as you need:
> >
> > set [field1 field2 field3 ...] record
> >
> >Saves a lot of mem space....
> >
> >-Carl
> >
> >
> >At 11/30/99 04:34 PM -0500, you wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>If you are talking simple objects - no embedded functions (in each
> object).
> >>
> >>I have scripts that do that every day with thousands of objects in a
> >>block/series.
> >>
> >>I read in a flatfile database with about 16 fields and 1900 records...
> >>converting to objects as I parse the data.
> >>
> >>Works great.
> >>
> >>So, my suggestion would be to just try it and see how large it will
> scale
> >>before you think it won't work.
> >>
> >>- doug
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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> >
