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A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams.

A delimiter (Wikipedia) is a sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams. An example of a delimiter is the comma character, which acts as a field delimiter in a sequence of comma-separated values.

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Split a string into an array of strings based on a delimiter

I'm trying to find a Delphi function that will split an input string into an array of strings based on a delimiter. I've found a lot from searching the web, but all seem to have their own issues and I haven't been able to get any of them to work. I…
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Convert commas decimal separators to dots within a Dataframe

I am importing a CSV file like the one below, using pandas.read_csv: df = pd.read_csv(Input, delimiter=";") Example of CSV file: 10;01.02.2015 16:58;01.02.2015 16:58;-0.59;0.1;-4.39;NotApplicable;0.79;0.2 11;01.02.2015 16:58;01.02.2015…
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Split comma separated column data into additional columns

I have comma separated data in a column: Column ------- a,b,c,d I want to split the comma separated data into multiple columns to get this output: Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4 ------- ------- ------- ------- a b c d…
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Capturing output of find . -print0 into a bash array

Using find . -print0 seems to be the only safe way of obtaining a list of files in bash due to the possibility of filenames containing spaces, newlines, quotation marks etc. However, I'm having a hard time actually making find's output useful within…
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What's the best separator/delimiter character(s) for a plaintext db file?

What's the best separator/delimiter character(s) for a plaintext db file? I considered using |, ,, , ;, etc. But they all seem to be possible to break when the nearby entries have special enough characters. So, the experienced database users,…
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JS string.split() without removing the delimiters

How can I split a string without removing the delimiters? Let's say I have a string: var string = "abcdeabcde"; When I do var newstring = string.split("d"), I get something like this: ["abc","eabc","e"] But I want to get…
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Reading null delimited strings through a Bash loop

I want to iterate through a list of files without caring about what characters the filenames might contain, so I use a list delimited by null characters. The code will explain things better. # Set IFS to the null character to hopefully change the…
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How do I use a delimiter with Scanner.useDelimiter in Java?

sc = new Scanner(new File(dataFile)); sc.useDelimiter(",|\r\n"); I don't understand how delimiter works, can someone explain this in layman terms?
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Angular JS custom delimiter

How do I use a custom delimiter for angular JS? I'd like to change from the {{ var }} syntax to [[ var ]]. Can somebody show me a complete example on how to implement this with Angular?
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Delphi: StringList Delimiter is always a space character even if Delimiter is set

I am having trouble with the delimiter in the TStringList Class. Take a look: var s: string; sl: TStringList; begin sl := TStringList.Create; s := 'Users^foo bar^bar foo^foobar^barfoo'; sl.Delimiter := '^'; sl.DelimitedText := s; …
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What does the random string after a WebKitFormBoundary do \ mean?

I'm trying to use a BI tool to automate a process which extracts data from our DB system, and then upload it to a web site via HTTP POST. The BI Tool I'm using allows me to build the Request up as a text object which it will then send to the web…
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Is it possible to use AngularJS with the Jinja2 template engine?

I have a Flask site and I want to use the AngularJS JavaScript framework. Unfortunately, it seems as if the delimiters overlap. How do I use Angular with Jinja2 if both rely on double curly braces ({{ expr }})? Is it even possible?
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Convert a delimted string to a dictionary in C#

I have a string of the format "key1=value1;key2=value2;key3=value3;" I need to convert it to a dictionary for the above mentioned key value pairs. What would be the best way to go about this? Thanks.
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Can I import a CSV file and automatically infer the delimiter?

I want to import two kinds of CSV files, some use ";" for delimiter and others use ",". So far I have been switching between the next two lines: reader=csv.reader(f,delimiter=';') or reader=csv.reader(f,delimiter=',') Is it possible not to specify…
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changing the delimiter for cin (c++)

I've redirected "cin" to read from a file stream cin.rdbug(inF.rdbug()) When I use the extraction operator it reads until it reaches a white space character. Is it possible to use another delimiter? I went through the api in cplusplus.com, but…
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