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List.CSVSplit

Splits CSV text.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Text	The CSV text.	"Hello;World"
Delimiter	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.5 or newer. The delimiter to use. If empty, we auto detect it.	";"	Optional

Result

Returns list or error.

Description

Examples

Split with one value:

MBS("List.CSVSplit"; "hello")

Split with three values:

MBS("List.CSVSplit"; "\"hello\";\"test\";\"CSV\"")

Split with 3 rows and 3 values:

MBS("List.CSVSplit"; "\"hello1\";\"test\";\"CSV\"¶\"hello2\";\"test\";\"CSV\"¶\"hello3\";\"test\";\"CSV\"")

See also

• FM.InsertRecordCSV
• QuickList.CSVSplit
• Text.ReadTextFile

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Release notes

• Version 9.0
  • Fixed potential issue for List.CSVSplit function.
• Version 8.5
  • Added delimiter parameter for List.CSVSplit, QuickList.CSVSplit and FM.InsertRecordCSV.
  • Improved handling of extra quotes in CSV text for List.CSVSplit function.
  • Improved List.CSVSplit to handle empty fields better and ignore = before quotes.
• Version 8.0
  • Improved CSV split (List.CSVSplit) to handle multi line text values better.
• Version 7.4
  • Added CSV functions: FM.InsertRecordCSV, List.CSVSplit and QuickList.CSVSplit.

Created 21st September 2017, last changed 22nd October 2018

List.BestMatch   -   List.CountValues

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