[EmData] Using characters within field as separator

[Joe Mathia - Em Support]

Hi Emma,

Hmm, I took my data example from his first email, where he did have two
comma-delimited fields.

But, I could be wrong!

Stephen, could you lease clarify?


Regards,

Joe Mathia
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On 7/31/08 9:49 AM, "Emma Glaisher" <emma.glaisher at fourninety.com> wrote:

> No, Joe, I don¹t think so.
> 
> It looks as if Stephen is using the word Œfield¹ where we would use Œrecord¹.
> 
> Each record contains 5 Œfields¹, separated by the bullet character. Field 1 is
> Czech, field 2 is Slovak, field 3 is Polish, field 4 is Hungarian, field 5 is
> Turkish.
> 
> Stephen wants the Czech words together ­ i.e. field 1 of each record, then the
> Slovak words ­ i.e. field 2 of each record.
> 
> That is why I thought he would need to use an array. Depending on how many
> records there are, of course. From his original mail I think there are only 9,
> in which case why use XData at all?
> 
> How about 5 different prototypes, just changing the field number each time?
> 
> Emma
> 
> 
> 
> on 31.07.2008 15:41, Joe Mathia - Em Support at support at emsoftware.com wrote:
> 
>> Hi Stephen and Emma,
>> 
>> From what I understand, the data looks something like this (this is 3
>> records, each containing 2 fields):
>> 
>> bavlna . bavlna  . bawe<\#U0142>na . pamut . pamuk,nylon woven . nylon wav .
>> nylon wen  . nylon vew . naylon wev
>> bavlna1 . bavlna1  . bawe<\#U0142>na1 . pamut1 . pamuk1,nylon1woven .
>> nylon1wav . nylon1 wen . nylon1 vew . naylon1 wev
>> bavlna2 . bavlna2  . bawe<\#U0142>na2 . pamut2 . pamuk2,nylon woven2 . nylon
>> wav2 . nylon2 wen  . nylon2 vew . naylon2 wev
>> 
>> If this is the case, a simple prototype like this will do the trick:
>> 
>> «fields field1,field2¶
>> «set itemdelimiter to ³.²¶
>> «trim(item 1 of field1)»    «trim(item 1 of field2)»¶
>> «trim(item 2 of field1)»    «trim(item 2 of field2)»¶
>> «trim(item 3 of field1)»    «trim(item 3 of field2)»¶
>> «trim(item 4 of field1)»    «trim(item 4 of field2)»¶
>> «trim(item 5 of field1)»    «trim(item 5 of field2)»¶
>> ¶
>> 
>> Have a look at the attached ‹ do an import from pasteboard.  Its a QX7 doc.
>> Let me know if you need it in InDesign.
>> 
>> Does this help?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
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