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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Trim String in 3rd Column in Tab Delimited File...SED/PERL/AWK? Post 302241182 by rickdini on Sunday 28th of September 2008 05:16:11 PM
Old 09-28-2008
Hey Franklin,

A strange thing is happening with the output, and I believe it is due to the fact that the columns contain spaces and lots of text.

The script took the spaces in Column0 and made them into new columns, then trimmed the new Column2.

My original data reads like this:

Column 0 is the product name:
"Shure KSM109 Condenser Microphone"

Column 1 is description, which is a paragraph of text:
"The Shure KSM109 offers incredible performance for its price. It combines an extended...."

Column 2 is the Manufacturer code, which needs to be trimmed:
SHUKSM109SL <---(I need to chop SHU)



The output data is looking like this:

Column 0: "Shure"
Column 1: "KSM100"
Column 2: "denser"

So basically it looks like it is treating spaces as tabs. I really appreciate it this help Franklin - thanks so much!

- Rick
 

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CUBRID_COLUMN_TYPES(3)							 1						    CUBRID_COLUMN_TYPES(3)

cubrid_column_types - Get column types in result

SYNOPSIS
array cubrid_column_types (resource $req_identifier) DESCRIPTION
The cubrid_column_types(3) function gets column types of query results by using $req_identifier. PARAMETERS
o $req_identifier -Request identifier. RETURN VALUES
Array of string values containing the column names, when process is successful. FALSE, when process is unsuccessful. EXAMPLES
Example #1 cubrid_column_types(3) example <?php $conn = cubrid_connect("localhost", 33000, "demodb", "dba"); $result = cubrid_execute($conn, "SELECT * FROM game WHERE host_year=2004 AND nation_code='AUS' AND medal='G'"); $column_names = cubrid_column_names($result); $column_types = cubrid_column_types($result); printf("%-30s %-30s %-15s ", "Column Names", "Column Types", "Column Maxlen"); for($i = 0, $size = count($column_names); $i < $size; $i++) { $column_len = cubrid_field_len($result, $i); printf("%-30s %-30s %-15s ", $column_names[$i], $column_types[$i], $column_len); } cubrid_disconnect($conn); ?> The above example will output: Column Names Column Types Column Maxlen host_year integer 11 event_code integer 11 athlete_code integer 11 stadium_code integer 11 nation_code char 3 medal char 1 game_date date 10 SEE ALSO
cubrid_column_names(3), cubrid_prepare(3), cubrid_execute(3). PHP Documentation Group CUBRID_COLUMN_TYPES(3)
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