Hi Monks. I have a comma delimited file. There are always values in fields 0-2 and always in 3 OR 4 but not both 3 AND 4. What I am trying to do is simply read each line and write it out as double-quoted comma delimited data, which I have accomplished. What I don't know how to do is not write out the empty field 3 or 4. Here is my code

open(INFILE1, "$ARGV[0]") or exit(101);
open (OUTFILE1, ">" . "delimited_$ARGV[0]") or exit(201);
$coid="$ARGV[1]";
if ("$coid" eq ""){$coid="***COID***";}


while(<INFILE1>) {
    @file_line_contents = split (/\,/,$_); 
    print OUTFILE1 "\"$coid\"\,\"".join ('","', @file_line_contents);
}

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For example, if I have this: AKP,45,MILITARY DIFF,,Exclude , I want to write out this: "***COID***","AKP","45","MILITARY DIFF","Exclude" (notice field 3 was not written out).

Is there a way to do this with a join command? If not, suggestions on how to best do it?

Thanks for any help.

In reply to Converting a delimited file. by insta.gator

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