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RecordSeparators

RecordSeparators

RecordSeparators

is an option for Read, Find, and related functions that specifies the list of strings to be taken as delimiters for records.

Details

The default setting is RecordSeparators{"∖n", "\r\n","\r" }. With this setting, each complete line of input on any computer system is considered as a record.
Strings used as record separators may contain several characters.
With the option setting NullRecordsFalse, any number of record separators may appear between any two successive records.
RecordSeparators->{} specifies that everything is to be included in a single record.
RecordSeparators{} or RecordSeparatorsNone specifies that everything is to be included in a single record.
RecordSeparators{{lsep₁,…},{rsep₁,…}} specifies different left and right separators for records. When there are nested left and right separators, records are taken to be delimited by the innermost balanced pairs of separators.
Text that does not appear between left and right separators is discarded.

Examples

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Basic Examples (2)

Use "." as a record separator:

Use "<" as a left separator, and ">" as a right separator:

Scope (1)

Setting RecordSeparatorsNone is equivalent to reading the entire stream:

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