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Dear Team;

I want to remove "\n" from the text field through batch editing. The data file is in csdb format.
Please advice on how to resolve this issue.

thanks.
a.

If you're using CSPro 8.0+, you'd simply do:

Dear Gregory;

I am using this in a batch file. When i run the application, it removes all informtion from the fields starting from the newline character ("\n") onward.

I am using cspro 7.7.

Thanks.
a.

One more thing:
After getting the data in csdb format using 7.7, I am using 8.0.1 to export the data from csdb to SPSS without using the replace function. In this case the new line character("\n") automatically replaced by a question mark(?), and all the data is exported without any issue.

thanks.
a.

Escape sequences like \n are only supported using the logic version introduced in CSPro 8.0. See more here:

https://www.csprousers.org/help/CSPro/s ... erals.html

So if you're trying to replace "\n" using the old logic version, that string is not actually a newline character, but is instead a backslash character and n ("\\n" in the new logic version).

Basically if you want to manipulate any string with newlines, you'll have to use the new logic version.

You can read more about newlines here: https://www.csprousers.org/help/CSPro/n ... dling.html

Thank you.
A.