Re: Quotes being stripped by "--csv"

[Ed Morton]

I know what the workarounds are, thanks.

Ed Morton

> On Nov 24, 2023, at 3:16 AM, Manuel Collado <mcollado2011@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> El 24/11/23 a las 9:58, arnold@skeeve.com escribió:
>> Manuel Collado <mcollado2011@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> El 23/11/23 a las 18:35, Ed Morton escribió:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> IMHO we don't need a CSV output mode, we just need a simple way to not
>>>>> strip quotes when splitting input into fields and everything else the
>>>>> user might want to do from there is trivial.
>>> 
>>> In that case just use FPAT. No need for -csv or anything else.
>> FPAT doesn't handle embedded newlines.
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> If that's not a problem,
>> then yes, FPAT will do the trick.
> 
> If that is a problem, embedded newlines can be handled with few lines of 
> code, like these:
> 
>    # Collect multi-line records, if it is the case.
>    # If necessary, add more input lines to ensure an
>    # even number of quotes.
>    while (gsub("\"", "\"", $0) % 2 == 1 && (getline more) > 0) {
>        $0 = $0 "\n" more
>        NR--
>        FNR--
>    }
> 
> Regards.
> -- 
> Manuel Collado - http://mcollado.z15.es