>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:
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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
>
>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

Jos,

You may want to have a look at the CSVProcessor class at https://bitbucket.org/atlopes/csv.

When you say your source file has "too many fields", does it mean "more than 254"?