Thanks Greg.

>>Hi All
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>>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:
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>>AAA,BBB,"XXX YYY, ZZZ",CCC,"X1, Y1, Z1",DDD,
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>>I cannot do an import on this CSV file as it contains too many fields. I need to parse the file, line by line.
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>>How can I get each field so that the result would be:
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>>Field 1: AAA
>>Field 2: BBB
>>Field 3: XXX YYY, ZZZ
>>Field 4: CCC
>>Field 5: X1, Y1, Z1
>>Field 6: DDD
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>>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.
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>>TIA
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>Look at StrExtract() or aLines(). to handle obscure and multiple delimiters.
>GetWordNum() does not recognize empty string correctly.