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Re: Enhancement
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Aharon Robbins |
Subject: |
Re: Enhancement |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:56:44 +0200 |
Greetings. Apologies for the delay in replaying.
> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:38:07 -0800 (PST)
> From: Anthony Willard <address@hidden>
> Subject: Enhancement
> To: address@hidden
>
> All:
>
> I realize that this is probably the wrong channel to communicate
> enhancements, but I'll start here anyway.
This will do. It is guaranteed to reach me, which comp.lang.awk is not.
> I've been working with CSV files, many generated from MS Excel. As such,
> any data field that has an embedded comma is treated as extra fields
> when parsed by gawk, throwing off processing.
>
> I've made changes to the 3.1.5 sources to support embedded delimiters.
It will depend upon how you've done it, and if it remains compatible
with the rest of gawk.
> If this is a feature you find to have more widespread application,
> I'll send you a patch of my changes for your review, and hopefully to
> be incorporated in future releases.
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Anthony
I am happy to review your change. It will help if you can produce it as
a patch to 3.1.6, instead of 3.1.5.
Thanks,
Arnold
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