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How to separate excel "copy paste" in JMP string?

Erik_The_First — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:15:45 GMT

Hey,

so by copy pasting some cells from excel into a JMP data table column, the cells are perfectly split into separate rows. But if I paste the same cells into a text edit box or just in a JSL script, the cells are only separated by a "pseudo" line break. They all are in different rows but don't have a whitespace or line break or other delimiter in between. How can I separate them like JMP does it in the data table? The values of the cells are completely random in all regards so no regex possible.

Re: How to separate excel "copy paste" in JMP string?

jthi — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:13:34 GMT

If they are on separate rows, they most likely have some sort of character between them.You can find JMP's escape sequences for strings Scripting Guide > JSL Building Blocks > JSL Syntax Rules.

What does your starting situation look like? What type of separation do you wish to achieve in the text edit box?

Re: How to separate excel "copy paste" in JMP string?

jthi — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:37:07 GMT

Names Default To Here(1);

nw = New Window("",
	teb = Text Edit Box("", << Set Width(300), << Set N Lines(3)),
	Button Box("Get",
		cur_txt = teb << get text;
		l = Words(cur_txt, "\!N");
		show(cur_txt, l);
	);
);

Write();

Using something simple like Words with \!N will work most of the time

But if it is possible that there are cells with multi-line values, it will require extra handling. The better you know the pattern of your cells, the easier it will be to handle the values.

Re: How to separate excel "copy paste" in JMP string?

Erik_The_First — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 07:13:10 GMT

So my solution was to use words() but the seperator was just the empty string with one enter press (a line break without \!n)