Arranges in a txt file

[Contro]

Arranges in a txt file

I have a txt file with this :

first,    second,third,fourth


and i would like to transform automatically in :

"first","second","third","fourth"


How can I find a script for doing this works and many other similars ?

Best Regards

[Renegade]

You can probably just open it in Excel, then save it as a CSV.

[Contro]

Nice idea indeed.
But i am looking for a soft for doing modifications automatically in a text file.
Do you know anyone ?

Best Regards

P.D. I begin just now to apply the great idea with excel.

[Contro]

You can probably just open it in Excel, then save it as a CSV.

I don't know how to do it. I obtain
first;second;third;fourth
but without "

[iphigenie]

You can probably just open it in Excel, then save it as a CSV.

I don't know how to do it. I obtain
first;second;third;fourth
but without "

yeah, Outlook will only add "" if there is a space or a comma/semi colon in the text I think. Extremely annoying as I too have needed to get proper quotes everywhere in the past. Trying to remember what I did

[eleman]

Open the file in notepad (or word, or any text editor you like). Get to search and replace function (ctrl-h usually).
Replace all instances of  ,  with    ","
Adjust spaces as you like.

[Ath]

You could try CSV Editor that has a lot of options specifically for csv files, also available in a Unicode-edition, and on top of that is free software

[jgpaiva]

You could try CSV Editor that has a lot of options specifically for csv files, also available in a Unicode-edition, and on top of that is free software

That looks like an awesome recommendation  

[barney]

You could try CSV Editor that has a lot of options specifically for csv files, also available in a Unicode-edition, and on top of that is free software

That looks like an awesome recommendation 

It is.  Been using CSVed for years - nothing else I've tried touches it.  It's not the automated result requested, but 'tis a beautiful alternative.

[Contro]

Open the file in notepad (or word, or any text editor you like). Get to search and replace function (ctrl-h usually).
Replace all instances of  ,  with    ","
Adjust spaces as you like.

and the commas at the beginning and the end ?

[Contro]

You could try CSV Editor that has a lot of options specifically for csv files, also available in a Unicode-edition, and on top of that is free software

Freeeetryinngggg

Best Regards

[Contro]

Not bat, but I think CSV Editor is slow.



Any other idea ?

Best Regards

[eleman]

Open the file in notepad (or word, or any text editor you like). Get to search and replace function (ctrl-h usually).
Replace all instances of  ,  with    ","
Adjust spaces as you like.

and the commas at the beginning and the end ?

uh... there were none in your sample text

[4wd]

and the commas at the beginning and the end ?

uh... there were none in your sample text

I think he meant the quotes inserted at the start/end.

I'm pretty sure this could be done using regex but it's beyond my meagre knowledge.  I managed to get the quotes inserted but I couldn't get rid of the extraneous spaces.

eg. Using Online RegEx Editor:



Pressing RegexSplit will give: "first",    "second","third","fourth"

[AbteriX]

Code: (generic)

FROM:
first field,    second word, third column,  fourth item
TO:
first field,second word,third column,fourth item

Use RegEx
Find: ,\s+(\w)
Repl: ,\1

Code: (generic)

FROM:
first field,second word,third column,fourth item
TO:
"first field","second word","third column","fourth item"

Use RegEx
Find: ^(.+?),(.+?),(.+?),(.+)$
Repl: "\1","\2","\3","\4" 

At least this works with EmEditor.
For other regex engines the patter may slightly different.
And often "$1" is used instead of "\" .

[sword]

Re: Any other ideas...commas at beginning and end...CSV Editor is slow...many other similars

An idea, not a script:
WordPerfect Find and Replace> 'spaces' with 'nothing. Find and Replace> , (comma) with ",". Insert between two quotes for beginning and end.

[skwire]

How can I find a script for doing this works and many other similars ?

Contro, I'd like to offer some friendly advice, if I may.  Spend some time learning a scripting language so tasks like these can be easily solved on your own (rather than waiting, potentially days, on forum replies).

Here's an example in AutoHotkey.  Save this code to a .AHK file and then drag and drop one of your text files onto the .AHK file you created.

Code: (autohotkey)

sFile = %1% ; Dropped filename path.
If ( sFile )
{
    FileRead, myData, % sFile
    Loop, Parse, myData, `n, `r
    {
        ; Strip out extra whitespace.
        myLine := RegExReplace( A_LoopField, ",\s+(\w)", ",$1" )
        ; Replace all commas with quotes-comma-quotes.
        StringReplace, myLine, myLine, `,, "`,", All
        ; Rebuild file, adding quotes at the beginning and end
        ; of each line.
        myBlock .= """" . myLine . """`r`n"
    }
    ; Ask user to save file.
    FileSelectFile, mySelectedFile, S16, % sFile, Save as...,
    If ! ( ErrorLevel ) ; User did not cancel, proceed.
    {
        ; Delete original and save new file.  Yes, we should save
        ; to a temp folder and such but that's out of scope for this
        ; simple script.
        If FileExist( mySelectedFile )
        {
            FileDelete, % mySelectedFile
            If ( ErrorLevel ) ; Basic sanity check to see if the file deleted.
            {
                MsgBox, 16, Error!, Could not overwrite file.  Exiting...
                ExitApp
            }
        }
        ; Write file to disk.
        FileAppend, % myBlock, % mySelectedFile
    }
}
ExitApp

[Stoic Joker]

Open the file in notepad (or word, or any text editor you like). Get to search and replace function (ctrl-h usually).
Replace all instances of  ,  with    ","
Adjust spaces as you like.

I've had to do that a few times. Second part is to search for \r\n and replace it with "\r\n" to get the beginning and ending quotes. Granted that will depend on the editor...but it works for me in EmEditor.