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CSV files with comma and quotes
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
CSV files with comma and quotes
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
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Thread ID:
01663238
Message ID:
01663238
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Hi All

I have a CSV file which uses comma as the primary delimiter between fields. However, some fields might contain a comma (e.g. a description field) and the supplier provides those fields enclosed in quotes. For example:

AAA,BBB,"XXX YYY, ZZZ",CCC,"X1, Y1, Z1",DDD,

I cannot do an import on this CSV file as it contains too many fields. I need to parse the file, line by line.

How can I get each field so that the result would be:

Field 1: AAA
Field 2: BBB
Field 3: XXX YYY, ZZZ
Field 4: CCC
Field 5: X1, Y1, Z1
Field 6: DDD

GETWORDNUM() works for fields separated with a comma but then it picks up individual sections in the description fields which are enclosed in quotes. I can write a manual parsing routine but was wondering if there was a faster way.

TIA
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