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Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 27 Aug 2015 06:28
by shaswat
Hi Team,
I am very new to batch script and don't know much about scripting. I have a requirement of embedding the values in a CSV file with double quotes.
For example: If the file looks like this : Hello,Animal,300.00,Paris
Then my output must be like this: "Hello","Animal",300.00,"Paris"
All the values except the currency value must be covered with double quotes.
My Next requirement after doing this modification is to get the selected field values only into a new CSV file.
Example:
From the current file values "Hello","Animal",300.00,"Paris"
I want the output as "Hello",300.00,"Paris"
Which means I don't want the 2nd value from the CSV file.
Any help is really appreciated. Please guys help me out, its really very urgent for me.
Thanks,
Shaswat
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 27 Aug 2015 09:55
by MattW76
Hi Shaswat. Try this:
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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
cd /d %~dp0
for /f "tokens=1,3,4 delims=," %%a in (extract.csv) do (
set rep="%%a",%%b,"%%c"
echo !rep!>>New.Csv
)
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 27 Aug 2015 10:20
by foxidrive
Good thinking Matt!
It can be done without delayed expansion too, as there's no need to set a variable.
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@echo off
cd /d "%~dp0"
for /f "tokens=1,3,4 delims=," %%a in (extract.csv) do (
echo "%%a",%%b,"%%c">>New.Csv
)
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 27 Aug 2015 11:20
by MattW76
That was a carryover from code I first started with but figured out a better way to do it.
Thanks for the optimization!
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 28 Aug 2015 03:39
by shaswat
Thanks a lot Guys..!! @MattW76 and @foxidrive
This code is working fine for me, but I have few more questions associated with this task.
1. I am having a excel macro file with many columns in the sheet. And in few columns it is formula based so could you please suggest how can I convert the excel macro file to a csv file with the values covered with double quotes.
2. Another excel macro I have doesn't have any formulas in the sheet, and I want that excel macro to be also converted into a csv file with the values covered with double quotes.
3. Now my last question is how to select the specific columns from the converted csv file and place them in a customized order.
Example: the order of the columns is : 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
The order I want is: 6,2,1,9,6,8,3,4
and you can observe that I have skipped the 5,7 columns.
My requirement is something similar to this. Please guys help me out.
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 28 Aug 2015 07:26
by foxidrive
shaswat wrote:My requirement is something similar to this. Please guys help me out.
There are people here who are helpful, but read this first:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6108
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 28 Aug 2015 11:02
by shaswat
Hi foxidrive,
I really appreciate the work you guys are doing. your script helped me a lot. It does work very well for me and my task is done.
But my next question was for a different assignment. Hope you have gone through my question. It was for a excel macro. If you can then please do help me.
I'm really sorry if somehow I have not followed the process.
Regards,
Shaswat
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 28 Aug 2015 11:16
by shaswat
Thanks for sharing this with me. As I have already said, I am very new to here and I'm really sorry for the mistakes.
I have got few assignments those are inter related, so for the 1st time I have posted the question related to my 1st task, your code helped me completely and that's the reason I moved for the next question. I know my approach was not correct. Hope you understand.
Re: Embedding double quotes in field values of a CSV file
Posted: 28 Aug 2015 11:27
by Squashman
If you have a new unrelated question, then you should start a new thread.