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Old 07-05-2005
Reading in data sets into arrays from an input file.

Hye all,

I would like some help with reading in a file in which the data is seperated by commas. for instance:

input.dat:
1,2,34,/test

for the above case, the fn. will store the values into an array -> data[] as follows:

data[0] = 1
data[1] = 2
data[2] = 34
data[3] = /test

I am trying to write this fn. but dont know how to look for a comma so that the next data can be read in. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 07-05-2005
use perl split
# 3  
Old 07-05-2005
What language are you writing the script in?
# 4  
Old 07-05-2005
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

file='/tmp/sid.txt'
typeset -i i=0

while read input
do
  IFS=,; set -A arr ${input}
  while (( i < ${#arr[@]} ))
  do
    echo "arr[$i]=${arr[$i]}"
    ((i+=1))
  done
  ((i=0))
done < "${file}"

# 5  
Old 07-05-2005
ksh
Code:
oldIFS=$IFS
IFS=,
set -A data $(<input.dat)
IFS=$oldIFS

# 6  
Old 07-06-2005
script in ksh.

Thanks for the input..!

I am sorry I didn't mention this earlier, but I am using ksh. I am going to try this out with what I am working on.

Once again, thanks a lot for all the input. Goodday! Smilie
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