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like2golf
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Help with conversion

Post by like2golf »

I've got a rather large CSV data file that has a the following column:

"Air Tools & Accessories///Air Impact Wrenches///1/2"" Drive"
"Air Tools & Accessories///Air Impact Wrenches///3/8"" Drive"
"Air Tools & Accessories///Air Ratchets///1/4"" Drive"
Vehicle Specialty Tools///Wheel & Tire Service///Wheel Tools
"Shop Tools,Equipment & Supplies///Shop Air///Blow Guns"
Air Tools & Accessories///Air Tool Accessories///Parts
"Shop Tools,Equipment & Supplies///Shop Air///Blow Guns"
"Shop Tools,Equipment & Supplies///Shop Air///Hoses and Reels"

I want to convert this column into a set of three TAB delimited columns (or a set of three comma delimited columns) and am not having any luck. Mainly due to the fact that some records start with " and others don't (due to commas in the field, or " as an indicator of inches)

I've tried replacing the /// with a /t and that works great for the records that don't start with a ", but for those that do, Excel reads as one column with tabs.

What's the best way to convert this column into three?
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Post by DataMystic Support »

TextPipe doesn't care if your CSV fields are quote delimited or not.

Just use a Restrict to Delimited Fields (CSV) filter, and inside this, a search\replace of '/' with '\t'.
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