lindex 1

[GRonken]

I want to open a file and get the line, break it into a list.

This is my input file, want it broken into a list showing only the 6th element.

RESULTS;305596;000577672;LMH;F;JEF;;;;;;;;;;"09/30/2003";0857;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-1;000577672;

I can open a file ... an put the line in $inline

set msgin [list [lindex $inline 6]]

what am I missing here?

 

[ulis]

The

lindex

parameter should be a list and you give it a string.
In such a case Tcl tries to interpret the string as a list applying an implicit

split

command. This implicit command splits the string at all 'blank' characters (space, tab, newline).
Here you need to split the string at all

;

character. So you need to explicit the

split

command:

  set splitted [split $inline \;]
  set sixth [lindex $splitted 6]

or

  set sixth [lindex [split $inline \;] 6]

More on split at:

http://mini.net/tcl/split

HTH

ulis