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meike_h

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Posted - 07/21/2023 :  06:33:11 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
OriginPro 2023

I would like to import files that generally have the same structure, but with a variable number of header lines. The final header line is always "[DATA]". Is there a way for Origin to recognize this? I tried using the option "By leading characters", but that didn't work unfortunately.

YimingChen

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Posted - 07/21/2023 :  08:46:07 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
You could select menu Data->Connect to File->Text/CSV. Select the file, then in the Import Option dialog, set the block marker. See below:


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meike_h

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Posted - 07/28/2023 :  04:21:39 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
thanks for your reply. this would only allow me to import one file per workbook though, right? is there a way to do this where I can import several files at once into separate sheets in one workbook?
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YimingChen

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Posted - 07/28/2023 :  08:28:57 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Yes, go to menu Data->Connect Multiple Files.
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