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hi the challenge is that not all lines have the same data. Some lines would not have fields that are presence in other lines.

Jan Shamsani
– Jan Shamsani

2017-01-23 06:16:51 +00:00
Commented Jan 23, 2017 at 6:16
@JanShamsani: Does your challenge allow you to do two passes?

Julie Pelletier
– Julie Pelletier

2017-01-23 06:24:49 +00:00
Commented Jan 23, 2017 at 6:24
Just extend the example. Read through all the lines in your file, extract all the column names, and then process all the lines inserting zeros or nulls where they line doesn't have a certain column. The example I gave is just an example.

Tim Kennedy
– Tim Kennedy

2017-01-23 17:26:00 +00:00
Commented Jan 23, 2017 at 17:26

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