Home Forums Article Discussions Article Discussions by Author Discuss content posted by Louis Li Extracting data with headers using PowerShell RE: Extracting data with headers using PowerShell

  • June 3, 2014 at 7:33 am

    #1718536

    @louis Li,

    I realize that $dt is a loop variable but what did you intend that "dt" stand for? I'd also like to know why the use of $1? Why not give it a more readable name or is that required to be numerically name due to position or???

    Also, why any abbreviations? Why not make the code more self documenting with only slightly longer names?

    How does this handle embedded delimiters?

    Last but not least, I know this was meant to be a short "spackle" style article but a lot of people could end up using something like this. Do you have any performance figures for this method?

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)