* Complex conversion of text to org table
@ 2017-03-12 15:14 Xebar Saram
2017-03-12 15:26 ` Vicente Vera
2017-03-12 16:51 ` Thierry Banel
0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Xebar Saram @ 2017-03-12 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: org mode
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Hi list
so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one issue
which is to convert text based ingridents list into org tables.
for example take this list
3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted
cooking spray
if i mark this as a region and issue
`org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
| 3/4 | cup | milk | | | | |
| |
| 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better | yet |
lemon | juice%) |
| 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | | | |
| |
| 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | | | |
| |
| 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | | | |
| |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | | | |
| |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | | | |
| |
| 1 | egg | | | | | |
| |
| 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | | | |
| |
| cooking | spray | | | | | |
| |
as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right yet the
actual ingredients is cut into several columns
i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more intelligent way
of auto directing the conversion to split it the correct way?
if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way? perhaps a
command to quick delete the separator (|) across all the column?
thx alot in advance
Z
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* Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
2017-03-12 15:14 Complex conversion of text to org table Xebar Saram
@ 2017-03-12 15:26 ` Vicente Vera
2017-03-12 15:35 ` Xebar Saram
2017-03-12 16:51 ` Thierry Banel
1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Vicente Vera @ 2017-03-12 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xebar Saram; +Cc: org mode
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Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a space, so
"baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force solution: replace the
spaces between words that shouldn't be put into separated columns with an
underscore:
1_cup all-purpose_flour
Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to
replace '_' with ' '.
2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>:
> Hi list
>
> so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one issue
> which is to convert text based ingridents list into org tables.
>
> for example take this list
>
> 3/4 cup milk
> 2 tablespoons white vinegar
> 1 cup all-purpose flour
> 2 tablespoons white sugar
> 1 teaspoon baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1 egg
> 2 tablespoons butter, melted
> cooking spray
>
> if i mark this as a region and issue `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region`
> this is the result
>
> | 3/4 | cup | milk | | | | |
> | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better | yet |
> lemon | juice%) |
> | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | | | |
> | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | | | |
> | |
> | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | | | |
> | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | | | |
> | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | | | |
> | |
> | 1 | egg | | | | | |
> | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | | | |
> | |
> | cooking | spray | | | | | |
> | |
>
>
> as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right yet the
> actual ingredients is cut into several columns
>
> i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more intelligent way
> of auto directing the conversion to split it the correct way?
>
> if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way? perhaps a
> command to quick delete the separator (|) across all the column?
>
> thx alot in advance
>
> Z
>
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* Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
2017-03-12 15:26 ` Vicente Vera
@ 2017-03-12 15:35 ` Xebar Saram
2017-03-12 16:46 ` Scott Randby
2017-03-12 16:52 ` Scott Randby
0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Xebar Saram @ 2017-03-12 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vicente Vera; +Cc: org mode
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Thx Vicente!
Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
best!
Z
On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a space, so
> "baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force solution: replace the
> spaces between words that shouldn't be put into separated columns with an
> underscore:
>
> 1_cup all-purpose_flour
>
> Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to
> replace '_' with ' '.
>
> 2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi list
>>
>> so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one issue
>> which is to convert text based ingridents list into org tables.
>>
>> for example take this list
>>
>> 3/4 cup milk
>> 2 tablespoons white vinegar
>> 1 cup all-purpose flour
>> 2 tablespoons white sugar
>> 1 teaspoon baking powder
>> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
>> 1/2 teaspoon salt
>> 1 egg
>> 2 tablespoons butter, melted
>> cooking spray
>>
>> if i mark this as a region and issue `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region`
>> this is the result
>>
>> | 3/4 | cup | milk | | | | |
>> | |
>> | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better | yet |
>> lemon | juice%) |
>> | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | | | |
>> | |
>> | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | | | |
>> | |
>> | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | | | |
>> | |
>> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | | | |
>> | |
>> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | | | |
>> | |
>> | 1 | egg | | | | | |
>> | |
>> | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | | | |
>> | |
>> | cooking | spray | | | | | |
>> | |
>>
>>
>> as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right yet the
>> actual ingredients is cut into several columns
>>
>> i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more intelligent
>> way of auto directing the conversion to split it the correct way?
>>
>> if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way? perhaps a
>> command to quick delete the separator (|) across all the column?
>>
>> thx alot in advance
>>
>> Z
>>
>
>
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* Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
2017-03-12 15:35 ` Xebar Saram
@ 2017-03-12 16:46 ` Scott Randby
2017-03-12 16:52 ` Scott Randby
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Scott Randby @ 2017-03-12 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xebar Saram, org mode
On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
> Thx Vicente!
>
> Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
> coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
>
> best!
>
> Z
You can try using commas to separate items.
List with commas inserted:
3/4 cup, milk
2 tablespoons, white vinegar
1 cup, all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons, white sugar
1 teaspoon, baking powder
1/2 teaspoon, baking soda
1/2 teaspoon, salt
1, egg
2 tablespoons, butter melted
, cooking spray
(Notice that I eliminated the comma in "butter, melted")
Resulting table:
| 3/4 cup | milk |
| 2 tablespoons | white vinegar |
| 1 cup | all-purpose flour |
| 2 tablespoons | white sugar |
| 1 teaspoon | baking powder |
| 1/2 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1/2 teaspoon | salt |
| 1 | egg |
| 2 tablespoons | butter melted |
| | cooking spray |
Scott Randby
>
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com
> <mailto:vicentemvp@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a
> space, so "baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force
> solution: replace the spaces between words that shouldn't be put
> into separated columns with an underscore:
>
> 1_cup all-purpose_flour
>
> Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to
> replace '_' with ' '.
>
> 2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com
> <mailto:zeltakc@gmail.com>>:
>
> Hi list
>
> so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one
> issue which is to convert text based ingridents list into org
> tables.
>
> for example take this list
>
> 3/4 cup milk
> 2 tablespoons white vinegar
> 1 cup all-purpose flour
> 2 tablespoons white sugar
> 1 teaspoon baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1 egg
> 2 tablespoons butter, melted
> cooking spray
>
> if i mark this as a region and issue
> `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
>
> | 3/4 | cup | milk | | |
> | | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better
> | yet | lemon | juice%) |
> | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | |
> | | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | |
> | | | |
> | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | |
> | | | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | |
> | | | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | |
> | | | |
> | 1 | egg | | | |
> | | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | |
> | | | |
> | cooking | spray | | | |
> | | | |
>
>
> as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right
> yet the actual ingredients is cut into several columns
>
> i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more
> intelligent way of auto directing the conversion to split it the
> correct way?
>
> if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way?
> perhaps a command to quick delete the separator (|) across all
> the column?
>
> thx alot in advance
>
> Z
>
>
>
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* Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
2017-03-12 15:14 Complex conversion of text to org table Xebar Saram
2017-03-12 15:26 ` Vicente Vera
@ 2017-03-12 16:51 ` Thierry Banel
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Thierry Banel @ 2017-03-12 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Use a regex replacement. Basically you replace the 1st space with a
vertical pipe:
M-x query-replace-regexp
^\([^ ]+\)
|\1|
answer yes repeatedly,
then type TAB to align the table.
Le 12/03/2017 16:14, Xebar Saram a écrit :
> Hi list
>
> so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one issue
> which is to convert text based ingridents list into org tables.
>
> for example take this list
>
> 3/4 cup milk
> 2 tablespoons white vinegar
> 1 cup all-purpose flour
> 2 tablespoons white sugar
> 1 teaspoon baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1 egg
> 2 tablespoons butter, melted
> cooking spray
>
> if i mark this as a region and issue
> `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
>
> | 3/4 | cup | milk | | | |
> | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better | yet
> | lemon | juice%) |
> | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | | |
> | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | | |
> | | |
> | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | | |
> | | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | | |
> | | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | | |
> | | |
> | 1 | egg | | | | |
> | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | | |
> | | |
> | cooking | spray | | | | |
> | | |
>
>
> as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right yet
> the actual ingredients is cut into several columns
>
> i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more intelligent
> way of auto directing the conversion to split it the correct way?
>
> if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way? perhaps a
> command to quick delete the separator (|) across all the column?
>
> thx alot in advance
>
> Z
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* Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
2017-03-12 15:35 ` Xebar Saram
2017-03-12 16:46 ` Scott Randby
@ 2017-03-12 16:52 ` Scott Randby
2017-03-14 0:56 ` Vicente Vera
1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Scott Randby @ 2017-03-12 16:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xebar Saram; +Cc: org mode
On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
> Thx Vicente!
>
> Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
> coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
>
> best!
>
> Z
OR
3/4, cup, milk
2, tablespoons, white vinegar
1, cup, all-purpose flour
2, tablespoons, white sugar
1, teaspoon, baking powder
1/2, teaspoon, baking soda
1/2, teaspoon, salt
1,, egg
2, tablespoons, butter melted
,, cooking spray
| 3/4 | cup | milk |
| 2 | tablespoons | white vinegar |
| 1 | cup | all-purpose flour |
| 2 | tablespoons | white sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | baking powder |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | salt |
| 1 | | egg |
| 2 | tablespoons | butter melted |
| | | cooking spray |
Scott
>
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com
> <mailto:vicentemvp@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a
> space, so "baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force
> solution: replace the spaces between words that shouldn't be put
> into separated columns with an underscore:
>
> 1_cup all-purpose_flour
>
> Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to
> replace '_' with ' '.
>
> 2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com
> <mailto:zeltakc@gmail.com>>:
>
> Hi list
>
> so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one
> issue which is to convert text based ingridents list into org
> tables.
>
> for example take this list
>
> 3/4 cup milk
> 2 tablespoons white vinegar
> 1 cup all-purpose flour
> 2 tablespoons white sugar
> 1 teaspoon baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1 egg
> 2 tablespoons butter, melted
> cooking spray
>
> if i mark this as a region and issue
> `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
>
> | 3/4 | cup | milk | | |
> | | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better
> | yet | lemon | juice%) |
> | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | |
> | | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | |
> | | | |
> | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | |
> | | | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | |
> | | | |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | |
> | | | |
> | 1 | egg | | | |
> | | | |
> | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | |
> | | | |
> | cooking | spray | | | |
> | | | |
>
>
> as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right
> yet the actual ingredients is cut into several columns
>
> i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more
> intelligent way of auto directing the conversion to split it the
> correct way?
>
> if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way?
> perhaps a command to quick delete the separator (|) across all
> the column?
>
> thx alot in advance
>
> Z
>
>
>
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* Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
2017-03-12 16:52 ` Scott Randby
@ 2017-03-14 0:56 ` Vicente Vera
2017-03-14 13:18 ` John Kitchin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Vicente Vera @ 2017-03-14 0:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Scott Randby; +Cc: Xebar Saram, org mode
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OK that's a nice trick. Very useful for CSV files. Thanks!
2017-03-12 16:52 GMT+00:00 Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>:
> On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
> > Thx Vicente!
> >
> > Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
> > coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
> >
> > best!
> >
> > Z
>
> OR
>
> 3/4, cup, milk
> 2, tablespoons, white vinegar
> 1, cup, all-purpose flour
> 2, tablespoons, white sugar
> 1, teaspoon, baking powder
> 1/2, teaspoon, baking soda
> 1/2, teaspoon, salt
> 1,, egg
> 2, tablespoons, butter melted
> ,, cooking spray
>
> | 3/4 | cup | milk |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white vinegar |
> | 1 | cup | all-purpose flour |
> | 2 | tablespoons | white sugar |
> | 1 | teaspoon | baking powder |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking soda |
> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt |
> | 1 | | egg |
> | 2 | tablespoons | butter melted |
> | | | cooking spray |
>
> Scott
>
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com
> > <mailto:vicentemvp@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a
> > space, so "baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force
> > solution: replace the spaces between words that shouldn't be put
> > into separated columns with an underscore:
> >
> > 1_cup all-purpose_flour
> >
> > Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to
> > replace '_' with ' '.
> >
> > 2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com
> > <mailto:zeltakc@gmail.com>>:
> >
> > Hi list
> >
> > so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one
> > issue which is to convert text based ingridents list into org
> > tables.
> >
> > for example take this list
> >
> > 3/4 cup milk
> > 2 tablespoons white vinegar
> > 1 cup all-purpose flour
> > 2 tablespoons white sugar
> > 1 teaspoon baking powder
> > 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> > 1/2 teaspoon salt
> > 1 egg
> > 2 tablespoons butter, melted
> > cooking spray
> >
> > if i mark this as a region and issue
> > `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
> >
> > | 3/4 | cup | milk | | |
> > | | | |
> > | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better
> > | yet | lemon | juice%) |
> > | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | |
> > | | | |
> > | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | |
> > | | | |
> > | 1 | egg | | | |
> > | | | |
> > | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | |
> > | | | |
> > | cooking | spray | | | |
> > | | | |
> >
> >
> > as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right
> > yet the actual ingredients is cut into several columns
> >
> > i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more
> > intelligent way of auto directing the conversion to split it the
> > correct way?
> >
> > if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way?
> > perhaps a command to quick delete the separator (|) across all
> > the column?
> >
> > thx alot in advance
> >
> > Z
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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* Re: Complex conversion of text to org table
2017-03-14 0:56 ` Vicente Vera
@ 2017-03-14 13:18 ` John Kitchin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: John Kitchin @ 2017-03-14 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vicente Vera; +Cc: Xebar Saram, Scott Randby, org mode
See my solution here:
http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/31417/function-to-paste-text-as-a-orgmode-table/31425#31425
Vicente Vera writes:
> OK that's a nice trick. Very useful for CSV files. Thanks!
>
> 2017-03-12 16:52 GMT+00:00 Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>:
>
>> On 03/12/2017 11:35 AM, Xebar Saram wrote:
>> > Thx Vicente!
>> >
>> > Thats a decent idea. can this be all wrapped in a function (i have zero
>> > coding skills :)) ? i have hundreds of these tables to convert :)
>> >
>> > best!
>> >
>> > Z
>>
>> OR
>>
>> 3/4, cup, milk
>> 2, tablespoons, white vinegar
>> 1, cup, all-purpose flour
>> 2, tablespoons, white sugar
>> 1, teaspoon, baking powder
>> 1/2, teaspoon, baking soda
>> 1/2, teaspoon, salt
>> 1,, egg
>> 2, tablespoons, butter melted
>> ,, cooking spray
>>
>> | 3/4 | cup | milk |
>> | 2 | tablespoons | white vinegar |
>> | 1 | cup | all-purpose flour |
>> | 2 | tablespoons | white sugar |
>> | 1 | teaspoon | baking powder |
>> | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking soda |
>> | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt |
>> | 1 | | egg |
>> | 2 | tablespoons | butter melted |
>> | | | cooking spray |
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> >
>> > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Vicente Vera <vicentemvp@gmail.com
>> > <mailto:vicentemvp@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello. In this case Org splits into columns everytime it sees a
>> > space, so "baking soda" ends up in two columns. A brute force
>> > solution: replace the spaces between words that shouldn't be put
>> > into separated columns with an underscore:
>> >
>> > 1_cup all-purpose_flour
>> >
>> > Convert it to an Org table and then do a quick M-x replace-string to
>> > replace '_' with ' '.
>> >
>> > 2017-03-12 15:14 GMT+00:00 Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com
>> > <mailto:zeltakc@gmail.com>>:
>> >
>> > Hi list
>> >
>> > so im trying to use orgmode to collect food recepies. i have one
>> > issue which is to convert text based ingridents list into org
>> > tables.
>> >
>> > for example take this list
>> >
>> > 3/4 cup milk
>> > 2 tablespoons white vinegar
>> > 1 cup all-purpose flour
>> > 2 tablespoons white sugar
>> > 1 teaspoon baking powder
>> > 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
>> > 1/2 teaspoon salt
>> > 1 egg
>> > 2 tablespoons butter, melted
>> > cooking spray
>> >
>> > if i mark this as a region and issue
>> > `org-table-create-or-convert-from-region` this is the result
>> >
>> > | 3/4 | cup | milk | | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | 2 | tablespoons | white | vinegar | (%or | better
>> > | yet | lemon | juice%) |
>> > | 1 | cup | all-purpose | flour | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | 2 | tablespoons | white | sugar | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | 1 | teaspoon | baking | powder | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking | soda | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | 1 | egg | | | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | 2 | tablespoons | butter, | melted | |
>> > | | | |
>> > | cooking | spray | | | |
>> > | | | |
>> >
>> >
>> > as you can see it got the amount (1/2) and the unit (cup) right
>> > yet the actual ingredients is cut into several columns
>> >
>> > i dont really know how to deal with this. is there a more
>> > intelligent way of auto directing the conversion to split it the
>> > correct way?
>> >
>> > if not any suggestions on how to convert it in a better way?
>> > perhaps a command to quick delete the separator (|) across all
>> > the column?
>> >
>> > thx alot in advance
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Carnegie Mellon University
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