I have a file that looks like this...
"1234567123456","V","0","0","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH"
"1234567123456","D","TEST1 "
"1234567123456","D","TEST 2~TEST3"
"1234567123456","R","TEST4~TEST5"
"1234567123457","V","0","0","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH"
"1234567123457","D","TEST 6"
"1234567123457","D","TEST7"
"1234567123457","R","TEST 8~TEST9~TEST,10"
All I'm trying to do is parse the D and R lines. The ~ is used in this case as a separator. So the end results would be...
"1234567123456","V","0","0","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH"
"1234567123456","D","TEST1 "
"1234567123456","D","TEST3"
"1234567123456","D","TEST3"
"1234567123456","R","TEST4"
"1234567123456","R","TEST5"
"1234567123457","V","0","0","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH","BLAH"
"1234567123457","D","TEST 6"
"1234567123457","D","TEST7"
"1234567123457","R","TEST 8"
"1234567123457","R","TEST9"
"1234567123457","R","TEST,10"
I'm using regex on applications like Textpad and Notepad++. I have not figured out how to use a regex like /.+/g because the applications do not like the forward slashes. So I don't think I can use things like the global modifier. I currently have the following regex...
//In a program like Textpad/Notepad++
<FIND> "(.{13})","D","([^~]*)~(.*)
<REPLACE> "\1","D","\2"\n"\1","D","\3
Now if I run a find and replace with the above params a few times it would work fine (for the D lines only). The problem is there is an unknown number of lines to be made. For example...
"1234567123456","D","TEST1~TEST2~TEST3~TEST4~TEST5"
"1234567123457","D","TEST1~TEST2~TEST3"
"1234567123458","D","TEST1~TEST2"
"1234567123459","D","TEST1~TEST2~TEST3~TEST4"
I was hoping to be able to use a MULTI capture group to make this work. I found this PAGE talking about the common mistake between repeating a capturing group and capturing a repeated group. I need to capture a repeated group. For some reason I just could not make mine work right though. Anyone else have an idea?
Note: If I could get rid of the leading and trailing spaces EX: "1234567123456","D","TEST1 " ending up as "1234567123456","D","TEST1" that would be even better but not necessary.
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