import-list-from-text-file

import-list-from-text-file adaptor imports a list from a text file.

The character encoding can be changed using the encoding option in the adaptor, if unspecified defaults to utf8 encoding

Inputs

file Type: file Required: Yes The text file to be converted.

encoding Type: text Required: No The character encoding of the output text. If unspecified, defaults to utf8.

separator Type: text Required: No Character used as a line separator. If unspecified, defaults to (newline).

trim Type: boolean Required: No Specifies whether to ignore whitespace characters immediately around the separator. If unspecified, defaults to True.

Outputs

list Type: list A list of values.

Examples

Example 1: Default behaviour.

Inputs:

file: example.txt

January
February
March
April

encoding: null (empty)

separator: null (empty)

trim: null (empty)

Outputs:

list:

1. January

2. February

3. March

4. April

-> Imported a list from the text file example.txt into Data-flo.

Example 2: Import list from text file with a , separator.

Inputs:

file: example.txt

January, February, March, April

encoding: null (empty)

separator: ,

trim: null (empty)

Outputs:

list:

1. January

2. February

3. March

4. April

-> Imported a comma separated list from the text file example.txt into Data-flo.