How to read .dat file with strange delimiter
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Hi I have a .dat file and tried to use Alteryx to read it. But I could not find a way to get this kind of delimiter in Alteryx.
Could you help me on this?
When I open the file in notepad, it shows "EM" as delimiter.
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Looks like the character that are appearing is due to encoding format.
If you could, post a sample file data to check it.
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Thanks,
I could not attach .dat file here. I transferred it to excel file.
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Hi @Daniel_hdq
Using the excel file I see another character (_x0019_)
So, using this file I've created a possible solution.
Please see attached file.
Hope this helps you!
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This solution seems to focus on a different file vs. what OP posted.
OP posted a file that had small rectangles showing up in the data, whereas this solution splits data with the "x0019" string in it.
Do we have a solution that splits the file that OP is using?
