Data Driven Graphics - commas

goodridge_winners · Post by **goodridge_winners** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:14 am

Hello,

I'm unsure what to search for online, but in regards to Data Driven Graphics, and particularly the editing of text fields how does one insert a comma into this text.
This clearly doesn't make sense so I'll explain.

A project I am working on that requires me to output many versions of a poster (template, with editable fields) using Data Driven Graphics, has seen me run into some trouble.

As an example, suppose my 'script' looked like this:

one, two, three

hello, goodbye, you're a lovely person
goodbye, hello, i wish that all things, big or small, would be easy
mutation, exaggeration, consideration

the second one informs me that I have 'Too many values'.

Is there a code or symbol to allow the commas in "I wish that all things, big or small, would be easy" to appear in my 'output'?

pfaffenbichler · Post by **pfaffenbichler** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:34 am

I don’t think you provide precious little information.
Still, have you tried setting the text in inverted commas?

goodridge_winners · Post by **goodridge_winners** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:25 pm

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking? I just wantnormal commas to appear in my text fields.

pfaffenbichler · Post by **pfaffenbichler** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:29 pm

»inverted comma« means nothing to you?

Try
"bla, bla"
instead of
bla, bla

Mike Hale · Post by **Mike Hale** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:14 pm

The easiest way to deal with text that has commas in it is to switch from comma(csv) to tab(txt) for the delimiter.

goodridge_winners · Post by **goodridge_winners** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:17 pm

Oh! Of course! Thank you for that!