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Split CSV by commas except in quotes

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Posted on by MFEProjects 76

Hi,

 

I am trying to split this CSV at each comma, but don't want to split commas in quotes.

[
 "ContClient,ContMFE,ProcName,RecTitle,Remarks,RespParty,RespPartyText,Specifications",
 "Witness,Witness,WPS/PQR Approval,test title,this is a remark,Client,,\"ASME BPVC Sec. IX, AS3992\"",
 ""
]

 

The split function still seems to split the comma between the two double quotes on the second line.

I can't seem to find a solution to this and would appreciate some help.

 

Thanks

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    Rhiassuring 8,692 Moderator on at

    Take a look at this: 

     

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Split-string-using-comma-delimiter-but-ignore-text-within/m-p/1615907/highlight/true#M180005

     

    There's also a video recommending another path, by Paul Murana 

     

    https://www.tachytelic.net/2021/02/power-automate-parse-csv/

     

    There's also this entry by @takolota in the Power Automate Cookbook:

     

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Cookbook/CSV-to-Dataset/td-p/1508191 

  • MFEProjects Profile Picture
    MFEProjects 76 on at

    Thanks for the reply @Rhiassuring,

     

    I went with cookbook solution. I'm fairly new to Power Automate so some of the flow is confusing.

    However, with a bit of tweaking it seems to work perfectly.

     

    I appreciate the help.

     

    Cheers

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