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List.CSVSplit
Splits CSV text.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK | License |
| List | 7.4 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | Paid |
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
Splits CSV text.Plugin automatically detects if comma or semicolon is used.
Returns list with all values.
Version 8 can detect tab character, too.
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
Release notes
- Version 12.2
- Optimized List.CSVSplit, QuickList.CSVSplit and Matrix.CSVSplit to better handle lonely quotes in quoted strings.
- 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.
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Created 21st September 2017, last changed 22nd October 2018
List.BestMatch - List.CountValues
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