nc,71526435,0,"text text, text text,456 etc...",36.5,121.1,1.4,7.50, 8
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If you are sure on the format of your input, you can parse such data easily with a regex (see below, and also this node by planetscape). However your code will likely not work if anything changes in your data-format - or if the data contains errors. Things that will make your regex complicated will be different number formats, or strings containing \" ... and many more. Thats why Text:CSV has been recommended to you.

But now to the regex-approach:

• ^ lets your matching start at the beginning of the line
• (..)grabs two letters
• ,matches a comma
• \s*(\d*)grabs a number (if one is available), possible preceeded by some blanks
• "(.*?)"grabs text, enclosed in double quotes
• \s*(\d+\.\d+)grabs a number (containing one dot), possible preceeded by some blanks

Just combine them as you wish!

HTH, Rata

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