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Performing mathematical operations

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:03 pm
by jmbarnet
I need to alter some values in a CSV table when certain conditions are met. I tried using the character math filter and that just put out strange symbols in front of the number I was trying to change. I was thinking about using JScript to do it but I don't know how to reference the value being read. Anyone with experience on this that can help me out?

Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:03 am
by DataMystic Support
Character maths performs changes to character's ASCII values - it's not what you need.

Use a VBScript inside a restriction to a particular CSV or Tab field to perform the calculations - ensure you set the flags to remove the quotes and delimiters first.

To identify the lines, you could use a restriction to identify the field, and add a special marker like ##FOUND##, then restrict the VBScript above to only operate on lines matching ##FOUND##, and inside this, restricting to a particular delimited field.