Recreating List Variables from a section of a CSV text

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We've created a questionnaire that has about 25 sections of various sizes, with a total of about 2000 variables. Each section has its own list variable (SEC_A, SEC_B, SEC_C, etc.). Some sections have as few as 5 variables, some have over 100.
We export all of the data (one list variable for each of the 25 sections...for a total of 25 list variables) to a single comma separated value (CSV) text file. (We append each variable individually into a big list.)
I need to read the CSV back in and recreate the list variables in Authorware (for use in a future session).
Is there an easy way to do that?
Would I read all of the text back into one new temporary list variable (such as TEMP_LIST)? Then I guess I would need break that list backdown into the individual sections (such as SEC_A, SEC_B, SEC_C, etc.).
Is there an easy way to then reassign that large list to the individual sections?
Is it easier to have a CSV list, or do I need to adjust that text in Authorware to replace all the commas with returns and then I'd have each data point on a separate line? (And can I have 2000 lines in a text file? ). I assume I could read in the long CSV line, replace the commas with returns, export that to a new text file....and take that text file and import it into a list variable?
Or is it better to just use the CSV file?
One note though...the fields are not fixed length....they can vary.
For example, if I knew that between the the 121st comma and the 168th comma were all of the variables for Section C (SEC_C), would I create some sort of loop or manual list to reassign the variables? (Not good with loops but I could probably create the following pretty quickly in Excel and then paste into a CALC icon.)
For example,
SEC_A(#A_01) := TEMP_LIST(#TEMP_VAR_0001)
SEC_A(#A_02) := TEMP_LIST(#TEMP_VAR_0002)
SEC_A(#A_03) := TEMP_LIST(#TEMP_VAR_0003)
...etc.
SEC_B(#B_01) := TEMP_LIST(#TEMP_VAR_0042)
SEC_B(#B_02) := TEMP_LIST(#TEMP_VAR_0043)
....etc.
SEC_C(#C_01) := TEMP_LIST(#TEMP_VAR_0121)
SEC_C(#C_02) := TEMP_LIST(#TEMP_VAR_0122)
...etc.
Just some thoughts. If someone could steer me in the right direction, that would be great!
Have a great day!
Scott

Hi -
I've made some progress so far.
Here's the code I've used to recreate the list:
-- Read in the CSV list from text file based on an ID number
     Resume_Data := ReadExtFile(SEC_MISC[#PID]^".txt")
--Remove Return at end of list
        Resume_Data_CharCount := CharCount(Resume_Data)-1
        Resume_Data:= SubStr(Resume_Data, 1, Resume_Data_CharCount)
-- Add Brackets
     Resume_Data:= "["^Resume_Data^"]"
-- Set List
     Resume_Data_List:=List(Resume_Data)
I'm also using the IOStatus/IOMessage variables, and the EvalStatus/EvalMessage variables.
I receive an IOStatus of "0" and IOMessage of no error when reading in the text...so I think that is working fine.
I receive an EvalStatus of "22" and EvalMessage of "...not defined" so I think there's a problem reading in an non-numeric variables.
For example...my CSV string of data looks like this:
55555,1,1,2011,2011,02,February,03,03,02032011,40576,2/3/2011,1:44 PM,22,1,1,1,CAPI_2011-02-03_DEMO.......
I get the EvalMessage saying "Variable 'February' is not defined". And this happens with any text variable. It appears to recognize an entire string in between commas, so if the variable had multiple words like "I take vitamin C daily", then the error messages includes the entire string such as "Variable 'I take vitamin C daily' is not defined."
I'm not sure if that is a problem.
I would now like to take the string that I've imported and assign each value to a variable.
Thanks -
Scott

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