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NEED HELP TO READ the textfile

kathbanc
8 - Asteroid

Hi Good Day!!!  

 

 

I am having trouble parsing the file. I have a 54 column text file that I am trying to read but it keeps coming in as one column if I tried the pipe delimited .  Already change the option # 2 to ( | ). 

 

But when I use the \t ( tab delimited) error message is " Too many fields" 

 

Attached is the sample file

 

 

thank you in advance.

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caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Have you tried /0 as a delimiter? Then use Text to Columns tool to split it accordingly. 

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Another method I recommended to another user: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/Text-to-column-unstructured-tx...

 

hope it helps

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
geraldo
13 - Pulsar

@kathbanc 

 


This is the file you uploaded. and the delimiter is \t and the data starts at line 8

and there are columns that have no name as in the print

 

afiletxt.JPG

ArnaldoSandoval
12 - Quasar

Hi @kathbanc 

 

Somebody posted a similar question with exactly the same file you uploaded, the file as @geraldo described does not have pipes,

 

I am attaching the workflow that is reading the file on my side,

 

Arnaldo.

kathbanc
8 - Asteroid

It works T_T ,  The line start at line 8 T_T . thank you thank you! 

kathbanc
8 - Asteroid

Thank you all so much!. 

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