Count of Delimiter(special character) in a Record

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Count of Delimiter(special character) in a Record

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Hi All,

I am having the records with delimiter as ascii value \013.

I wanted to find out the number of delimiter(\013) available in the single record.

I tried it using Count(Inputfield,"\013") but its checking for \013 in the record not for the delimiter.

so if my delimilter is of some special characters, then how to find out the counts in a record?

Could anyone tell me the solution for this?

Thanks,

Senthil P
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Post by ArndW »

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Count(InputField,CHAR(13))
should do the trick for you.
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Post by senthilt1 »

Hi ArndW,

My Delimiter is Vertical tab. I want to know the count of my Delimiter in a record. i used Count(InputField,CHAR(13)) as you suggested. But its not working.

Please let me know about this.

Thanks,

Senthil P
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Post by ArndW »

The vertical tab ASCII character is 11, not 13.
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Post by senthilt1 »

HI ArndW,

You are correct!!!

Now Count(InputField,CHAR(11)) to find out the vertical tab delimiter is working fine.

13 is the octal value for the vertical tab. 11 is the decimal value for the vertical tab

Thanks a lot.

Senthil P
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Post by nagarjuna »

Now Its time to mark this topic as resolved :D
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